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Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men’s lives.
Henry David Thoreau Walden · 1849

Quotes

“Observe all men; thyself most.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The bell calls others to church, but itself never minds the sermon.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Things do not change; we change.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”

William Blake · The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790 · Primary source

Works

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1936
The Crack-Up

Fitzgerald reflects on his psychological and emotional collapse, examining exhaustion, disillusionment, isolation, lost vitality, and the limits of personal resilience.

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