Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. Essays
Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.” Midnight Library
For in order to command well, we should know how to submit; and he who submits with a good grace will some time become worthy of commanding. On The Laws
All things come into being by conflict of opposites. Fragments
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