A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach. Letters from a Stoic
Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those they have slain. The Karamazov Brothers
"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable." Candide
“Oh, threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! / One thing at least is certain — This Life flies; / One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; / The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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