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Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. read more
Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
