“I've always believed that the only defeats and victories that matter in life are those you lose or win alone, against yourself.”
― For Two Thousand Years
― For Two Thousand Years
“A lack of knowledge always leads to defeat and destruction”
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“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It is a blessing that we do not know what is really going to happen. Could we foresee it, there are times when children might seem like innocent prisoners, condemned, not to death, but to life, and as yet all unconscious of what their sentence means.”
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
“Read whatever book you lay your hands on if you can, for every writer has a story to tell”
― The Great Pearl of Wisdom
― The Great Pearl of Wisdom
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