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the reason he liked Wednesday and Mr. Nancy and the rest of them better than their opposition was pretty straightforward: they might be dirty, and cheap, and their food might taste like shit, but at least they didn’t speak in clichés.
“Each man has his day, and the time of life
is brief for all, and never comes again.
But to lengthen out one's fame with action,
that's the work of courage.”
― The Aenid of Virgil
is brief for all, and never comes again.
But to lengthen out one's fame with action,
that's the work of courage.”
― The Aenid of Virgil
“There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.”
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“The gods are mighty and they bear their diversity, because like the stars the stand in solitude and are separated by vast distances one from the other.
Humans are weak and cannot bear their own diversity, because they live close to each other and are desirous of company, so that they cannot bear their own distinct separateness.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
Humans are weak and cannot bear their own diversity, because they live close to each other and are desirous of company, so that they cannot bear their own distinct separateness.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
“The important thing is what he talks about, not whether he agrees with it or not.”
― Symbols of Transformation
― Symbols of Transformation
“In solitude let there be squandering of abundance.
For community is the depth, while solitude is the height.
The true order in community purifies and preserves.
The true order in solitude purifies and increases.
Community gives us warmth, while solitude gives us the light.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
For community is the depth, while solitude is the height.
The true order in community purifies and preserves.
The true order in solitude purifies and increases.
Community gives us warmth, while solitude gives us the light.”
― Septem Sermones ad Mortuos
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