If you give luck and risk their proper respect, you realize that when judging people’s financial success—both your own and others’—it’s never as good or as bad as it seems.
“Even to be carried for any length of time is hard work”
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
― Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
“Fifty is plainly and soberly the age of melancholy. Until then”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
“The problem with buildings is that they have a great influence over our self-conception. Very often”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
“Klein’s insight was to associate maturity with a rejection of all such divisive ‘split’ positions. To be a proper grown-up is to realise that there are no paragons or monsters”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
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