"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable." Candide
Where have they gone, the brilliant, the insightful ones, the proud? Book VIII
And will he who is a true lover of wisdom, and is persuaded in like manner that only in the world below can he worthily enjoy her, still repine at death? Will he not depart with joy? Surely he will, my friend, if he be a true philosopher. ...And if this be true, he would be very absurd, ...if he were to fear death. The Trials Of Socrates
The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. Jacob's Room
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