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A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases read more
A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases of life.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. read more
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.
Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates read more
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if read more
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up
for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period
of barrenness.
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it read more
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be! -Miguel de Cervantes.
