Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. Don Quixote
Not to live as if you had endless years ahead of you. Death overshadows you. While you're alive and able—be good. Book IV
I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves. The Picture of Dorian Gray
I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. Never Give In!
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