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““He had no craving for truth, and had not sought it;spellbound by vice and lying, his conscience had slept or been silent. Like a stranger, like an alien from another planet, he had taken no part in the common life of men, and had been indifferent to their sufferings, their ideas, their religion, their sciences, their strivings, and their struggles. He had not said one good word, not written one line that was not useless and vulgar; he had not done his fellows one ha'p'orth of service, but had eaten their bread, drunk their wine, seduced their wives, lived on their thoughts, and to justify his contemptible, parasitic life in their eyes and his own, he had always tried to assume an air of being higher and better than they. Lies, lies...””
The Duel • Anton Chekhov“"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today””
12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos • Jordan B. Peterson“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
The Soul of Man Under Socialism • Oscar Wilde“Only a numskull is pleased at being a so-called 'success' with women, only a dunderhead is puffed up by it. A real man is much more likely to be dismayed at realizing that a woman has lost her heart to him when he can't reciprocate her feelings.”
Beware of Pity • Stefan Zweig“We must make the best use that we can of the things which are in our power, and use the rest according to their nature.”
Discourses • Epictetus