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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.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
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.
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.