We cheat ourselves to conform to the common opinion
Whether it is art or nature which stamps on us that characteristic of living by what others say, it does us much more harm than good. We cheat ourselves o...
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Universal illness means individual health
…in nature, when everything falls in unison, nothing falls. Universal illness means individual health. Uniformity is a quality hostile to disintegration.
Praiseworthy to be useless
…in an age when so many behave wickedly it is almost praiseworthy merely to be useless.
My maladies
I present my maladies, at most, for what they are and I avoid studied groans and words of foreboding. If not merriness at least composure is appropriate f...
Princes
Princes give me plenty if they take nothing from me and do me enough good if they do me no harm.