The more pleasures a man captures, the more masters he will have to serve - Seneca
The stoics believed that man spends his entire life attempting to obtain happiness, acquiring one desire after another in his quest, only to ultimately have each desire replaced by another, eventually ending up with a lot of material things, but no more happy than he was to begin with.
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One of the sweetest people I’ve ever known. I honestly never heard him say a bad word about anyone….see you soon, Uncle Bill.... ... -
Date 20-Jul 27-Jul 3-Aug 10-Aug 17-Aug 24-Aug 30-Aug 8-Sep 15-Sep Weight 177 173....
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I’m an insomniac. I’ve been one since my time in the military. Oddly enough, it’s never had a huge impact on my life, other than making...
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