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Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives and to so live that the place he lives is proud of him
I am not bound to win, I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have
Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself
For he lives twice who can at once employ the present well, and even the past enjoy
I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?
I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?
As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live
One should eat to live, not live to eat
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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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