Posted by: Federico
To act on the world one must die to oneself. Man is not placed on the earth merely to be happy; nor is he placed here merely to be honest, he is here to accomplish great things through society, to arrive at nobleness, and to outgrow the vulgarity in which the existence of almost all individuals drags on.
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    There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the floud, leads on to fortune ommitted, all the voyage of their lives are bound in shallows and in miseries.
    On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
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