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Having a body is in itself the greatest threat to the mind... The body encloses the mind in a fortress; before long the mind is besieged on all sides,...more

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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

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As long as reading is for us the instigator whose magic keys have opened the door to those dwelling-places deep within us that we would not have known...more

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For in this world of ours where everything withers, everything perishes, there is a thing that decays, that crumbles into dust even more completely, l...more

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Now there is one thing I can tell you: you will enjoy certain pleasures you would not fathom now. When you still had your mother you often thought of ...more

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We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist...more

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... when she called to mind all this utter and crushing misery that had come upon my aunts' old music-master, she was moved to very real grief, and sh...more