“For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?” IfsLifeDoeEndsHandsLastsTimeFallChangeSleepAbilityDestructionEternityOccasionsMidstDesirableExtinctionFatigueLast DayAbodeDeep Sleep Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“When I reflect upon what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle and pleasure of the world had any reality; and I look on what has passed as one of those wild dreams which opium occasions, and I by no means wish to repeat the nauseous dose for the sake of the fugitive illusion.” WorldLifeLooksMeanI CanDoneDreamRealityWishPleasureHeardIllusionSakeOccasionsRepeatsDoseFrivolousOpiumFugitiveBustleWild Dreams Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.” ThinkingLifeLooksMatterResultsOffersNotesRoundsSatisfiedOccasionsLive LifeSmallestTrifles Author:Marcus Aurelius