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Things always become obvious after the fact


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A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.



For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.



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Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.



People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.



Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.



Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.




Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.



Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.





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Kids as young as twelve CAN run 90 minutes, and they can train hard to run fast, BUT they lose something in training hard at that early age.

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One of two things is usually lacking in the so-called Philosophy of Art: either philosophy or art.

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Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.

Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.



As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.

As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.




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