That great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

John Viscount Morley

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How to live The human condition

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John Viscount Morley

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English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Politician Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Morley, John. "Aphorisms." 11 Nov. 1887, The Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, Scotland. Address.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

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Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave.

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Language
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Era
European Renaissance
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Shakespeare, William and George Wilkins. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. King's Men, c. 1608, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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