People who cannot bear
to be alone are generally
the worst company.
(Albert Guinon.)
Μήνας: Σεπτέμβριος 2017
Walter Bagehot, «We all come down…»
We all come down to dinner,
but each has a room to himself.
(Walter Bagehot: Literary Studies.)
Lord Shaftesbury, «When men…»
When men are easy in themselves,
they let others remain so.
(Lord Shaftesbury: Characteristics.)
Vauvenargues, «No one likes…»
No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Marquis de la Grange, «When we ask advice…»
When we ask advice
we are usually looking
for an accomplice.
(Marquis de la Grange: Pensées.)
Lord Chesterfeld, «Wrongs are often forgiven…»
Wrongs are often forgiven,
but contempt never is.
Our pride remembers it for ever.
(Lord Chesterfeld: Letters.)
Dylan Thomas, «Somebody’s boring me…»
Somebody’s boring me …
I think it’s me.
(Dylan Thomas.)
Thomas Fuller, «A stumble…»
A stumble may prevent a fall.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)
Georg Büchner, «I cannot tell…»
I cannot tell what part of me
deceives the other.
(Georg Büchner: Danton’s Death.)
F. H. Bradley, «Up to a certain point…»
Up to a certain point
every man is what he thinks he is.
(F. H. Bradley: Aphorisms.)