As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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