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“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
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“Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad.”
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“According to Nietzche," said a sharp new voice, making them all jump, "philosophy is the biography of the philosopher.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not,
You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.
In order to arrive at what you do not know
You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.
In order to possess what you do not possess
You must go by the way of dispossession.
In order to arrive at what you are not
You must go through the way in which you are not.
And what you do not know is the only thing you know
And what you own is what you do not own
And where you are is where you are not.”
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You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.
In order to arrive at what you do not know
You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.
In order to possess what you do not possess
You must go by the way of dispossession.
In order to arrive at what you are not
You must go through the way in which you are not.
And what you do not know is the only thing you know
And what you own is what you do not own
And where you are is where you are not.”
―
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