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Jane Botten
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“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our ideas.”
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“the vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.”
― The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
― The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“A journey need not be long, in terms of time, to turn everything upside down. A day or two in a strange place can change your life”
― The Conqueror
― The Conqueror
“I can see light at the end of the tunnel and it isn't a train.”
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“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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Jane’s 2025 Year in Books
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