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“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.”
Othello • William Shakespeare“The species with eyes appears suddenly, capriciously as it were, and it is this species which changes the environment by creating its visible aspect. The eye does not come into being because it is needed. Just the contrary; because the eye appears it can henceforth be applied as a serviceable instrument. Each species builds up its stock of useful habits by selecting among, and taking advantage of, the innumerable useless actions which a living being performs out of sheer exuberance.”
History as a System • Jose Ortega y Gasset“The subject of a rumor is always the last to hear it.”
The Post Office Girl • Stefan Zweig“The reproach of a father is agreeable medicine, for it contains more that is useful than it contains of that which gives pain.”
Fragment • Epictetus“"Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst!”
Candide • Voltaire