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Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just read more
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.