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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good read more
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy -- I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice
The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.
The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but read more
That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering
pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and
imitation of virtue.
[Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium
impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque
virtutis.]
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be read more
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
Life is a long lesson in humility.
Life is a long lesson in humility.
