Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the rememb — André Gide
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Old hands soil, it seems, what they caress; but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands are made for caresses and the
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
[ In response to being asked who was the greatest nineteenth-century poet :] Hugo,—hélas!
Convictions are prisons.
Friedrich Nietzsche
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is.
Oscar Wilde
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
Stendhal
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Albert Einstein