Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.
Giacomo LeopardiThe greater part of the people we assign to educate our sons we know for certain are not educated. Yet we do not doubt that they can give what they have not received, a thing which cannot be otherwise acquired.
Giacomo LeopardiIt's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth
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