27 quotes
“If you press me to say why I loved him I can say no more than because he was he and I was I”
“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
“There are defeats more triumphant than victories.”
“The archer who overshoots his mark does no better than he who falls short of it.”
“The soul that has no established aim loses itself; for, as they say, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
“The soul that is without a fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.”
“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.”
“The soul that has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
“The greatest family thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself while being part of something larger.”
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.”
“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.”
“No man can have patience who has not strong passions.”
“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.”
“Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have lived it; I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.”
“A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.”
“I do not understand; I pause; I examine.”
“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”
“One must learn to husband time carefully in order to enjoy it.”
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