THE Bible
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fpbp
UH HUH THIS MY SH
*canned sitcom laughter*
>>9947332
Good choice, OP.
The Confidence Man
Spinoza's Ethics
The two books that totally altered how I live.
>>9948320
This. There is no better.
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>>9948331
How often do you get to apply the lessons directly though?
>>9948411
The wisdom is very applicable to many domains.
>>9947332
Great choice. Quite possibly the best book I've ever read. Dorothea is a fucking beacon of humanity.
>>9948451
And not only the pettiness but the "knowledge without passion" and the spending your whole life at something that might never even achieve and the jealousy that burns inside even when you want to avoid it. Eliot has such an understanding of the human character.