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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Classical antiquity1 quote
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius · 180The Renaissance1 quote
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. — Francis Bacon · 1605