It needs to realize that what happens to everyone—bad and good alike—is neither good nor bad. (Hays translation) Book IV
His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. Of Mice and Men
To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general. Human, All Too Human
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Mansfield Park
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