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 The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them.  Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die. Non-praying is lawlessness, discord, anarchy. The main obligation is to amuse yourself. You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past. Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow. When a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live. Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning. Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old. It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar. There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards. Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. The time when, most of all, you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. - Epicurus Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it. 
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