"Life, if you keep chasing it so hard, will drive you to death. Time - when pursued like a bandit - will behave like one, always remaining one county o...

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself." -
~ Elizabeth Gilbert ~












Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself...
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"Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.
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"Well... "why" is a hard question to answer in any language.
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