Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. Essays
Silence is learned by the many misfortunes of life. Thyestes
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone. Book VIII
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." The Analects of Confucius
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