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Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for read more
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt read more
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:
Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
