#ego

If the wickedness of people arouses indignation and insurmountable grief in you, to the point that you desire to

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Everyone by nature desires that the rest of mankind should live according to his own individual disposition: when such a

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The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the

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What is inside is me, what is outside is mine — when these thoughts end, compulsion stops, repetition ceases, freedom dawns.

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I just finished telling you that I am not ashamed of my poverty; but you should know that I am ashamed, I am ashamed of it

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To be a philosopher, that is to say, a lover of wisdom (for wisdom is nothing but truth), it is not enough for a man to

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Aim at being loved without being admired.

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To me it seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive, and

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"I shall not pay them any such compliment, I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way ...

To be alone with one’s own soul. Not to be alone without my own soul, mind you. But to be alone with one’s own soul! This, ...