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Good post. It seems that the 'ancients' were wise beyond their years. One book come to mind that is similar in orientation with respect to the above post is Balthazar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." You can probably find if for free online. .
"10th. Compare your lot with that of other people."
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Excellent advice - especially for teenage girls.
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"12th. Avoid poetry, dramatic representations (except comedy), music, serious novels, melancholy, sentimental people, and everything likely to excite feeling or emotion, not ending in active benevolence."
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No DARK NIGHT for you. And no HAMLET.
HAMLET 2 looks like it might be OK, though.
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"13th. Do good, and endeavour to please everybody of every degree. "
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Indeed. Being a people pleaser is the royal road to true and lasting happiness!
Gretchen Rubin, you are a treasure.
Sometimes there is joy in melancholy. It can be a great way to feel better about your sadness. Comedy performances are a great way to keep the blues away. So is blues music. That's actually how blues music came about, it picked up people's spirits to sing about thier troubles and woes.(and listen to others sing and play)
Sadness is essential to a healthy outlook on life. Without sadness, how would we know what joy and happiness is? Without ugliness, how would we know what beauty is? It's the duality of life that makes it worth living.
KillgoreTrout43: Sadness is essential to a healthy outlook on life.
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No. It's not. Really.
It's just that you've never known unadulterated joy, so you can't imagine it as a state of consciousness. You can get an idea of it, though, if you ever read the words of The Buddha.
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KillgoreTrout43: Without sadness, how would we know what joy and happiness is? Without ugliness, how would we know what beauty is?
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That's like saying, if I'm not blind, how would I know what sight is. It's a truism, but it's not true, in any sense. It just seems true to you at this moment.
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KillgoreTrout43: It's the duality of life that makes it worth living.
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Well, then let's all hope that Osama gets to lay down a nuke in NY or LA. That will really sharpen up everyone's palate and make life seem even more worthwhile than it seems right now.
I take exception with number 12. I am a poet.
write a letter to a friend, go to a dairy and learn how milk is processed and packaged, make an attractive window-display on home safety.
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