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Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion
Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.
But O yet more miserable!
Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some read more
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.