Sublime

The Nasi of the Sanhedrin must by nature incline toward the middle path – neither overly sensitive nor heartless, neither arrogant nor self-deprecating, neither despotic nor soft, neither frail nor wild. He must possess only two qualities in an extreme form – wisdom and appeal.

Sabía que la calle podía darme consuelo porque andar por esta ciudad reconecta con la vida como un laberinto de incertidumbre; andar por esta ciudad es, sobre todo, no saber.

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Glad and cheerful, let us say, as we go to our rest, I have done living; I have run the race that fortune set for me.* If God gives us a tomorrow, let us be glad to receive it. The happiest person, the most untroubled possessor of himself, is the one who awaits the morrow without anxiety. Anyone who has said, “I have done living” rises profitably e

person who attacks the problems of life actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and files it neatly and carefully away with its predecessors, after first having jotted down a few diary notes on the back. He can reflect with pride and joy on all the richness set down in these notes, on all the life he has already li

Les mets recherchés ne sont que du cadavre; la pourpre, du poil de brebis; l'union des sexes, un frottement de ventre (VI,13,1 ) ; la guerre que fait Marc Aurèle, une chasse analogue à celle de la mouche par l'araignée (X,10,1) ; la vie sociale et politique, peu de chose

La partie adverse se contente de vivre modestement, et préfère profiter du temps ainsi gagné pour observer les autres et prendre du bon temps, mais leurs protestations ont des accents de bravade et de gasconnade. Il ne devrait pourtant pas en être ainsi. Cette prétendue oisiveté, qui ne consiste pas à ne rien faire, mais à faire beaucoup de choses