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“Nothing happens to anyone that he can't endure. ”
Book V • Marcus Aurelius“Food production was indirectly a prerequisite for the development of guns, germs, and steel. Hence geographic variation in whether, or when, the peoples of different continents became farmers and herders explains to a large extent their subsequent contrasting fates.”
Guns, Germs And Steel • Jared Diamond, Ph.D. (UCLA)“O! I am Fortune's fool.”
Romeo and Juliet • William Shakespeare“The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection, mere buoys that float on the waves.”
the Revolt of the Masses • Jose Ortega y Gasset“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love. (Hays translation)”
Book I • Marcus Aurelius