"The only thing to abuse is moderation" - A song quoting Sénèque, but I never found the original sentence from Sénèque (apparently he was talking about Sex in it but I think it applies to anything in life)
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With all of the time I have, I am an insult to the dead.
In context, the person is saying they feel like they are wasting their life and that innumerable people in the past would've killed to have the kind of free time or life they have.
It reminds me to be grateful for both the time I have alive and the quality of that time.
I find it extremely motivating in pursuing my various personal pursuits. I should seem like a Renaissance master to the people of the past and anything less is insulting.
"If worms had machine guns, then birds wouldn't fuck with them." A quote from my TI in basic from 85'.
Life, don't talk to me about life...
“Nothing changes if I don’t change”.
“Ignorance is bliss.”
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No one is ever on their deathbed wishing they had worked more.
(And quotes of that ilk). It’s genuinely something that informs the structure of every day for me.