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  • Nothing costs me dear

    Nothing costs me dear except care and trouble, and I seek only to grow indifferent and relaxed. III. 9 “Of vanity” (p. 884).

  • Like a duck

    “I love rain and mud like a duck.” III.9 “Of vanity” (p.904)

  • Myself now and myself a while ago

    “Myself now and myself a while ago are indeed two; but when better, I simply cannot say. It would be fine to be old if we traveled only toward improvement. It is a drunkard’s motion, staggering, dizzy, wobbling, or that of reeds that the wind stirs haphazardly as it pleases.” III.9 “Of vanity” (p.895)

  • Subtle Humility

    “There is a certain type of subtle humility that is born of presumption, like this one: that we acknowledge our ignorance in many things, and are so courteous as to admit that there are in the works of nature certain qualities and conditions that are imperceptible to us and whose means and causes our capacity…