I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
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 it.
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
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