The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. The Remarkable Rocket
“The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
If the immortal is also imperishable, the soul when attacked by death cannot perish; for the preceding argument shows that the soul will not admit of death, or even be dead, any more than three or the odd number will admit of the even... The Trials Of Socrates
If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world. The Hobbit
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