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On presence & mortality
May you
live every day of your life.
—
Jonathan Swift
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. — Carl Jung
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. — George R.R. Martin
You are the artist of your own life. Don’t hand the paintbrush to anyone else. — Anonymous
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing. — Marcus Aurelius
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. — John Stuart Mill
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut
Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. — Rumi
Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. — Bruce Lee
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. — Vernon Sanders Law
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. — Anonymous
The good in life does not depend upon life’s length, but upon the use we make of it. — Seneca
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