“Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.”
― De Amicitia
― De Amicitia
“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
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“We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science.”
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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