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Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God you will want for nothing. God alone suffices. [43] —
But, according to Valerius Maximus (Facta et dicta memorabilia, Book VIII.7), Archimedes just answered Noli, obsecro, istum disturbare [2] ("Do not, I entreat you, disturb that (sand)"), because he was so engrossed in the circles drawn on the sand in front of him. After that, one of the soldiers killed Archimedes, despite the order of Marcus ...
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You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.” — Henning Mankell, Swedish writer “Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, a dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.”
Take a page out of her book with these inspiring quotes. Maya Angelou's writing is full of wisdom, compassion, and understanding. ... “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within ...
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The three best known maxims – "Know thyself", "Nothing in excess", and "Give a pledge and trouble is at hand" – were prominently located at the entrance to the temple, and were traditionally said to have been authored by the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, or even by Apollo. In fact, they are more likely to have simply been popular proverbs.
"Marvel at nothing"—that is perhaps the one and only thing that can make a man happy and keep him so. Nietzsche wrote that in this proposition the ancient philosopher "sees the whole of philosophy", opposing it to Schopenhauer 's "admirari id est philosophari" (to marvel is to philosophize).