"The universe is flux, life is opinion.












When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
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"Live every day as if they last.
"Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
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"Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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"Life is a stranger's sojourn a night at an inn.
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
"Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity.
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