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• That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Giving, One Love

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.222

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• To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

  Eric Hoffer

  Believe, Self, Desire

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• How joyously the young sea-mew
  Lay dreaming on the waters blue,
  Whereon our little bark had thrown
  A little shade, the only one;
  But shadows ever man pursue.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Dream, Men, Blue

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.581, Delphi Classics

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• When, like an Emir of tyrannic power,
  Sirius appears, and on the horizon black
  Bids countless stars pursue their mighty track.

  Victor Hugo

  Stars, Track, Black

  Victor Hugo (1900*). “Works”

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• As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though inwardly wincing, can calmly pursue his way to the restful grave, while his old, harsh voice is softly cadenced into sweetest melody, like the faint notes of an angel's whispered song. As patience deepens, charity and sympathy increase.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Christian, Sweet, Song

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• Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
  [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Suits, Blind, Fortune

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• Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling.
  [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]

  Ovid

  Rolling, Stones, Action

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• Such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action: we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit.

  Samuel Johnson

  Change, Retirement, Night

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.35

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• Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

  William Shenstone

  War, Toil, Fool

  William Shenstone, “The Judgement Of Hercules”

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• But me, not destined such delights to share,
  My prime of life in wandering spent and care;
  Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue
  Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view
  That, like the circle bounding earth and skies,
  Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies;
  My fortune leads to traverse reams alone,
  And find no spot of all the world my own.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Views, Sky, Circles

  Oliver Goldsmith (1841). “Goldsmith's miscellaneous works”, p.2

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• The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

  Gail Sheehy

  Passion, Secret, Search For Meaning

  Gail Sheehy (2011). “New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time”, p.153, Ballantine Books

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• As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties.

  Gail Sheehy

  Meaningful, Running, Ideas

  Gail Sheehy (1977). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, Bantam

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• I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That's what I want to do.

  Martin Garrix

  Dream, Want, Matter

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• When the mind is full of any one subject, that subject seems to recur with extraordinary frequency - it appears to pursue or to meet us at every turn: in every conversation that we hear in every book we open, in every newspaper we take up, the reigning idea recurs; and then we are surprised, and exclaim at these wonderful coincidences.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Book, Ideas, Mind

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825”, p.31

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• If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

  Plutarch

  Disappointment, Light, Break Off

  Plutarch, Matthew Morgan (1718). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.64

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• No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.

  Agnes Repplier

  Men, Hands, Desire

  Agnes Repplier (1936). “In Pursuit of Laughter ...”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

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• Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.

  Susan Sontag

  Believe, Health, Reality

  Susan Sontag (1983). “A Susan Sontag reader”, Vintage

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• The wisdom of literature is quite antithetical to having opinions. 'Nothing is my last word about anything,' said Henry James. Furnishing opinions, even correct opinions - whenever asked - cheapens what novelists and poets do best, which is to sponsor reflectiveness, to pursue complexity. Information will never replace illumination.

  Susan Sontag

  Illumination, Novelists, Literature

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.154, Macmillan

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• A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.

  Lord Acton

  Might, Ends, Subtle

  John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.76, Jazzybee Verlag

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• To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them above the common level. The man who submits to the shafts of envy for the sake of noble objects pursues a judicious course for his own lasting fame. Hatred dies with its object, while merit soon breaks forth in full splendor, and his glory is handed down to posterity in never-dying strains.

  Thucydides

  Fate, Men, Envy

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• Effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from a number associated with a terrorist organization instead of three.

  Barack Obama

  Phones, Nsa, Organization

  "Obama Outlines 'New Approach' For Phone-Data Program". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 17, 2014.

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• I give up so much to do what I do. Like, I give up a personal life. I give up my friends, my family. I give up a lot of stuff to pursue what I love and to make my fans happy. I give up so much. So, I'm going to be the best.

  Justin Bieber

  Giving Up, Fans, Stuff

  "Interview: Justin Bieber Talks About His Top 5 Rappers, Selena Gomez, and Growing Up In The Game". Interview with Joe la Puma, www.complex.com. March 30, 2012.

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• It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever you're saying. I'm still in a long learning process.

  Joan Larkin

  Long, Vision, Process

  "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.

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• Happiness is a social creature. If you try to pursue it in a vacuum, it's very difficult to sustain it. But as soon as you get people focused on creating meaningful connections in the midst of their work, or increasing the meaning and depth of their relationships outside of work, we find happiness rising in step with that social connection.

  Shawn Achor

  Meaningful, Creating, People

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• Who is the honest man?
  He that doth still and strongly good pursue
  To God, his neighbor, and himself most true:
  Whom neither force nor fawning can
  Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.

  George Herbert

  Honesty, Men, Giving

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.69

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