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33. ‘In life reason is the pilot, law is the light it steers by, wisdom is knowing that the law comes from nature; and reason is nature’s gift to man.
34. ‘Man has neither claws to fight with nor a furred pelt to abide the winter, but may rule the clawed and furred if he will.’
— Jan 21, 2024 04:19PM
34. ‘Man has neither claws to fight with nor a furred pelt to abide the winter, but may rule the clawed and furred if he will.’
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11. ‘Look back in memory and consider when you had a fixed plan, how few days have passed as you intended,
12. ‘How few when you were at your own disposal, how few when your face wore its natural expression, how few when your mind was unperturbed.
13. ‘Consider what little you have really achieved in so long a life,
19. ‘You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply,
— Mar 03, 2024 06:16PM
12. ‘How few when you were at your own disposal, how few when your face wore its natural expression, how few when your mind was unperturbed.
13. ‘Consider what little you have really achieved in so long a life,
19. ‘You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply,
Angel
is on page 122 of 597
5. To love what is made of nature is to love what changes and passes; and yet we must love, and so we must suffer.
6. Likewise to strive is to fail; even the taste of victory grows rank in the mouth, and success is fleeting;
7. And yet we must strive, for what is man if he does not strive; and so we must suffer.
— Feb 25, 2024 02:10PM
6. Likewise to strive is to fail; even the taste of victory grows rank in the mouth, and success is fleeting;
7. And yet we must strive, for what is man if he does not strive; and so we must suffer.
Angel
is on page 117 of 597
16. ‘To seek the good is the first demand we should make upon ourselves;
17. ‘But next to the good, and to it alone, the greatest of all things is friendship.’
— Feb 25, 2024 02:04PM
17. ‘But next to the good, and to it alone, the greatest of all things is friendship.’
