“Well, he used to say that the great thing in married life was patience. Do you hear, Vanya? Not love, but patience. Love cannot last long. You have lived two years in love, and now evidently your married life has reached the period when, in order to preserve equilibrium, so to speak, you ought to exercise all your patience. . . .” Seagull
The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance. A Tale of Two Cities
Be straightforward. Look at things like a man, like a human being, like a citizen, like a mortal. Book IV
A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. De Brevitate Vitae
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