Browsing Quotes With Tag: individualism (45)
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There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. But Old Derby was a character now.
Speaker: Kurt VonnegutPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 8:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The wise man, nevertheless, unequaled though he is in his devotion to his friends, though regarding them as being no less important and frequently more important than his own self, will still consider what is valuable in life to be something wholly confined to his inner self.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:43 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Self-contented as [the philosopher] is, then, he does need friends – and wants as many of them as possible – but not to enable him to lead a happy life; this he will have even without friends.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:41 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Lay these up in your heart, my dear Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure that comes from the majority’s approval.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:27 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the crowd; it is so easy for it to go over to the majority.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!