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Famous sayings about striving for fame and fortune.

The famous sayings about being indifferent to fame and fortune are as follows:

1. Being indifferent to your ambition leads to peace. -[Western Han Dynasty] Liu An:

Introduction to Huai Nan Zi Zhu Shu Xun means: Only by not pursuing fame and fortune can you make your interests noble, calm and quiet, not be influenced by other thoughts, and meditate and reflect, can you set up and achieve lofty goals. Liu An (179 BC-122 BC) was born in Fengxian County, Pei County (now Fengxian County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province), a writer and guqin player in the Western Han Dynasty. The grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, the son of Huainan Liwang Liu Chang, was named Huainan King.

2. Learn to live in the simplest way, and don't let complicated thoughts spoil the sweetness of life. -[Britain] Milton: Introduction to Paradise Lost

john milton, an English poet, political commentator and democracy fighter, is one of the six great poets in the history of English literature. In 1625, Milton entered Cambridge University and began to write poems. Representative works include the long poems Paradise Lost, paradise regained and Samson of Lux.

3. The significance of life depends not on external changes, but on internal experience. -[Britain] Hardy: A Brief Introduction to Tess of the D 'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy, an English poet and novelist. Hardy started his literary creation in 1862, published the novel The Return of the Native in 1878, and published the novel Jude the Obscure in 1896. In Jude the Obscure, because the hero and heroine were cousins, Hardy was attacked by public opinion, and he stopped writing novels. In his later years, his main works include three volumes of poetic drama Kings.

4. One should abandon those disturbing distractions and concentrate on the road of life under one's feet. -[UK] Stevenson: For Boys and Girls

Introduction robert louis stevenson, a great British novelist in the second half of the 19th century. Representative works include the novels Treasure Island, dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, Kidnapping and Katrina. In his early days, he traveled around and accumulated resources for his creation. In his later years, he devoted himself to novel creation and made great achievements. His works were unique and changeable, which had a great influence on modernist literature in the 2th century.

5. There are thousands of forms of life, and everyone can only experience one. Envy other people's happiness, that's a fantasy, even if you get it, you won't enjoy it. -[France] Gide: A Brief Introduction to The Narrow Door

Andre Gide (November 22, 1869-February 19, 1951), a French writer. Gide wrote novels, plays, papers, essays, diaries and letters all his life. His main works include novels, such as The Defeat of Virtue, Narrow Door, etc., the drama King condor, a collection of prose poems, food for the world, autobiography, If the seeds don't die, and travel notes, such as a trip to Congo.

6. People should clean up their bodies and minds, restrain their opinionated tendencies, become receptive, discriminating and helpful to others. -[America] Morris:

Introduction to The Open Self william morris, born in Walthamstow, England, was a 19th century British designer, poet, early socialist activist and self-taught craftsman. Paradise on Earth, a collection of narrative poems published between 1868 and 187, borrows legends from ancient Greece to the Middle Ages to express the obstacles in the chest. He was also an important member of the pre-Raphael school, but rarely left any paintings.