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When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#consists #doer #done #gift #given

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#because #does #harbor #know #making

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. ↗