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And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.
“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.”
― Plutarch's Lives
― Plutarch's Lives
“There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.”
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“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
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“Seriousness is not a virtue. It would be a heresy, but a much more sensible heresy, to say that seriousness is a vice. It is really a natural trend or lapse into taking one's self gravely, because it is the easiest thing to do. It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch. For solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap. It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light. Satan fell by the force of gravity.”
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