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“Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend…or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we...
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“Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.” — Marcus...
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“The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do.” Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, is renowned for...
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What I am reading; 4,000 weeks Oliver Burkeman This doesn’t do it justice. But it is my extremely short summary of Cosmic Insignificance. “The average human lifespan is absurdly short. Assuming that you live to 80, that is 4,000 weeks. Human civilization...
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