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I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not read more
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.
If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to read more
When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down read more
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
