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Where a man can live, he can also live well
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears
Poverty is the mother of crime
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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