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“From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that human life is anything great? It is not possible, he said. Such a man then will think that death also is no evil.”
Book VII • Marcus Aurelius“He who desires a lifetime of happiness with a beautiful woman desires to enjoy the taste of wine by keeping his mouth always full of it.”
Maxim for Revolutionists • George Bernard Shaw“Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.”
Autumn Leaves • Andre Gide“My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.”
The importance of Being Earnest • Oscar Wilde“We must make the best use that we can of the things which are in our power, and use the rest according to their nature.”
Discourses • Epictetus