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Let man’s future roll in to greet him, let man’s future become his present. Make him his own past. Who we will be will soon replace who we are, and who we might once have been.
“Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's duties”
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“The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
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“A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.”
― The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
― The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
“The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.”
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Fred’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Fred’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
191 books
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151 friends
275 books
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43 friends
327 books
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54 friends
412 books
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118 friends
108 books
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82 friends
240 books
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67 friends
267 books
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21 friends
0 books
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130 friends
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