A society that fears it has no future is not likely to give much attention to the needs of the next generation, and the ever-present sense of historical discontinuity—the blight of our society—falls with particularly devastating effect on
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“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“I do not think the Socialist need make any sacrifice of essentials, but certainly he will have to make a great sacrifice of externals. It would help enormously, for instance, if the smell of crankishness which still clings to the Socialist movement could be dispelled. If only the sandals and the pistachio-coloured shirts could be put in a pile and burnt, and every vegetarian, teetotaller and creeping Jesus sent home to Welwyn Garden City to do his yoga exercises quietly!”
― The Road to Wigan Pier
― The Road to Wigan Pier
“Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.”
― Enchiridion
― Enchiridion
“Thine face is not worth sunburning.”
― Henry V
― Henry V
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
― Romeo and Juliet
― Romeo and Juliet
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