Any time that is not spent on love is wasted.
(Tasso.)
Μήνας: Σεπτέμβριος 2017
Emerson, «Love…»
Love is the bright foreigner,
the foreign self.
(Emerson: Compensation.)
Chateaubriand, «The more serious…»
The more serious the face,
the more beautiful the smile.
(Chateaubriand: Memoires d’Outre-Tombe.)
La Rochefoucauld, «Good marriages…»
Good marriages do exist,
but not delectable ones.
(La Rochefoucauld: Maxims.)
Lichtenberg, «Love…»
Love is blind,
but marriage restores its sight.
(Lichtenberg: Aphorisms.)
Rudyard Kipling, «A woman’s guess…»
A woman’s guess is much more accurate
than a man’s certainty.
(Rudyard Kipling: Plain Tales from the Hills.)
Karl Kraus, «Women’s Rights»
Women’s Rights are men’s duties.
(Karl Kraus: Aphorisms and More Aphorisms.)
Saki, «It takes…»
It takes all sorts to make a sex.
(Saki: The Square Egg.)
Marcus Aurelius, «To refrain imitation…»
To refrain from imitation
is the best revenge.
(Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.)
Hume, «Pride and hatred…»
Pride and hatred invigorate the soul;
and love and humility enfeeble it.
(Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature.)