Gigi’s Reviews > On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It > Status Update
Gigi
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"So the man who restrains himself within the bounds set by nature will not notice poverty; the man who exceeds these bound will be pursued by poverty however rich he is." -- "Money in no way concerns the mind any more than it concerns the gods."
— Mar 19, 2026 06:38PM
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Gigi
is on page 69 of 106
"--both those which offer real strength and those which are tricked out in some sort of dye aimed at popularity have to wait years until the passage of time gradually produces their colour."
— Mar 19, 2026 06:55PM
Gigi
is on page 53 of 106
"The wretched body, the chain and prison of the soul, is tossed hither and thither; upon it punishment and pillage and disease wreak havoc: but the soul itself is holy and eternal, and it cannot be assailed with violence."
— Mar 19, 2026 06:43PM
Gigi
is on page 49 of 106
“They vomit in order to eat, and eat in order to vomit, and banquets for which they ransacked the whole world they do not even deign to digest.”
— Mar 07, 2026 01:48AM
Gigi
is on page 45 of 106
“So, eager and upright, let us hasten with bold steps wherever circumstances take us, and let us journey through any counties whatever: there can be no place of exile within the world since nothing within the world is alien to men.”
— Mar 07, 2026 01:42AM
Gigi
is on page 45 of 106
“Whatever is best for a human being lies outside human control: it can be neither given nor taken away.”
— Mar 07, 2026 01:40AM
