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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page - boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I
I quote others only in order the better to express myself
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better
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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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