"Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Strong Quotes #Men Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron.”
“Joy, happiness, are hopes and our dreams.... A place of peace and harmony... that's the kind of land I invision.”
“Having everything your way is highly overrated.”
“People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things.”
“In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things.”
“I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you put the pages through a paper-shredder, randomly grab whatever intact lines are left, sing them in Italian to a Spanish deaf-mute, and then make story decisions with the guy via conference call.' But no... compared to writing treatments, that makes sense, too.”
“For a woman to be able to dominate and also be feminine and soft, that's a talent. And its not all about appearance. A woman who has a brain, who is street-smart and book-smart, that woman is very, very sexy to me.”
“There is, they say, (and I believe there is), A spark within us of th' immortal fire, That animates and moulds the grosser frame; And when the body sinks, escapes to heaven; Its native seat, and mixes with the gods.”

Source : John Armstrong (2011). “John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice”, p.111, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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