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What are some quotes you live by, /lit/?

>> No.11191781
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>>11191771

>> No.11191789

'Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.'

-Stephen Colbert

>> No.11191918

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

- William Faulkner

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>> No.11191965

"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." - Milton

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Based

>> No.11192134

"No!" - Don Giovanni

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>>11191771

>> No.11192446

"You can either be a sick cunt, or a sad cunt" - Zyzz

>>11191771
unironically based
>>11191781
BASED
>>11191789
retard
>>11191918
>>11191965
>>11192134
more unironically based
>>11191939
derrida hates him
>>11192099
>>11192422
reatrds

>> No.11192451
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Find something to believe in and find it for yourself.

>> No.11192464
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This

>> No.11192472

>>11192464
I couldn't imagine being this much of a faggot that you actually believe some guy who thought magic was real

>> No.11192479

>>11192472
>don't accept what they call "the reality of life"
he says right there that he doesn't care about reals

>> No.11192485

>>11191771
What a shitty quote.
That is extactly what ISIS was doing just few years ago. Alt-Right is also cheerfully (and I would say rightfull so) how savage mongolic-turkic-arabic attacks were to the ancient settlements and people in general.
Guess niggertier behavior is okay if "our side" does it.

t. someone who never been to a winebar

>> No.11192491

>>11192479
what a moron

>> No.11192492

>>11192446
"Derrida, what a faggot" -me

>> No.11192497

>>11192472
>thought magic was real
Where do you retards get this shit from?

>> No.11192501

"Stress is always made by yourself" - paramedic instructor, somewhen a decade ago

Note that I tried to translate it from my native language, so it's not directly a bonmot or anything.

>> No.11192513

>>11192472
Magic is real though

>> No.11192519

>>11192497
Dunno, probably the book titled "Introduction to Magic" by Julius Evola

>> No.11192526

>>11192519
He also wrote books on alchemy, the holy gral, and various religions
If you take everything literally you arent reading Evola correctly

>> No.11192534

>>11192519
Evola is not interested in the traditions themselves
He explores why they were practiced or why they were significant to find a deeper meaning or transcendental "truth"

>> No.11192541
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"do your best and don't worry"
—moz

>> No.11192550

>>11192526
so is >>11192534 or >>11192513 taking Evola "too" literally? You all seem conflicted about how to read him.

>> No.11192557

>>11192472
I am an extremist and I believe that magic is real. Just not the kind of magic you believe in.

>> No.11192573

Just be yourself lol
-Shakespeare

>> No.11192578

>>11192534
Are you implying that this isn't the same? Merely going through the motions is not supposed to be enough - this should be apparent in a Christian culture.

>> No.11192589

"Understanding is cruel the monkey said as it launched to space [...]
for ignorance is bliss, until they take your bliss away"

>> No.11192629

>>11191771
With life you will avenge death. I'll take a picture next time. I love it.

>> No.11192639

"If I wasn't forced to be funny i would just cry."

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>>11192472
>magic isn't real
What are you, an idiot?

>> No.11192686

>>11191771
Fake it till you make it
Wenn dann denn dann (it's a missaying of Wenn schon, denn schon, which basically translates to "if you're gonna do it, then do it)
Keep going or die.

>> No.11192755

>>11192501
It might sound better if you made it less clunky and intuitive, something like "Stress is always a two part force - a pulling, and always also a pulling back."

>> No.11192776

>>11192686
What if you're not gonna do it or anything cause you're a worthless neurotic piece of shit

>> No.11192797

>>11192776
then you lay face down in the kitchen and cry.
and "if you're gonna do it, then do it" means more like, "if you're gonna do something, then you might as well just fucking go for it." ie. if you're going to dye your hair, might as well dye it blue or some shit. Why the fuck not. It's less inspirational and more "do weird shit". It's... fun.