Posted by: Elisabetta
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But I am constant as the northern star, of whose true-fixed and resting quality. There is no fellow in the firmament.
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Posted by: Francesco Pierri
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If I refrain from giving judgment above all else, when I don't conceive it with sufficient clarity and distinction, it's clear that I make very good use of the judgment, and I'm not fooled, but if I'm determined to deny or to affirm it, then I don't use anymore my free will.
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Posted by: Valeria S
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Altruism means living and letting live.
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Posted by: Andrea Manfrč
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Each one confusedly a good conceives
Wherein the mind may rest, and longeth for it;
Therefore to overtake it each one strives.
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Posted by: Silvia Menato
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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us.
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Posted by: Silvia Menato
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Altruists have no colour, they lose all individuality.
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Posted by: Vittorio Lunardelli
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The cliffs of man's death are full of men smashed in indecision.
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Posted by: Ludovica Marinucci
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Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very doubt that bound me to my vice, because life is so much pleasanter if one is able to believe in one's own latent greatness.(from "Zeno's Conscience")
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Never come back either to take a run.
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One day fear knocked on the door, courage got up and opened it to see no one standing outside.
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