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“Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.”
Discourses • Epictetus“Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.”
Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius“"Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary?"”
Metamorphosis and Other Stories • Franz Kafka“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”
Mark Twain's Notebook • Mark Twain“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