It is permissible even for a dying hero to think before he dies how men will speak of him hereafter. His fame lasts perhaps two thousand years. And what are two thousand years?... What, indeed, if you look from a mountain top down the long wastes of the ages? The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare. To the Lighthouse
“It was impossible to fight against this lack of understanding.” A Hunger Artist
Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. Candide
To live alone one must be an animal or a God - says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both - a philosopher. Twilight of the Idols
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