A sigh can break a man in two.
(Talmud.)
Συντάκτης: Θεοδόσης
Montaigne, «Pleasure…»
Pleasure chews and grinds us.
(Montaigne: That we taste nothing pure.)
Jean Senal, «If troubles…»
If troubles destroy happiness,
pleasures disturb it.
(Jean Senal.)
Thomas Browne, «Afflictions…»
Afflictions induce callosities.
(Thomas Browne: Urn Burial.)
Shakespeare, «Sorrow concealed…»
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp’d,
doth burn the heart to cinders where it is.
(Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus.)
Charles Lamb, «My theory…»
My theory is to enjoy life,
but the practice is against it.
(Charles Lamb: Letters.)
Pascal, «A trifle…»
A trifle consoles us because a trifle upsets us.
(Pascal: Pensées.)
John Gay, «A moment of time…»
A moment of time may make us
unhappy for ever.
(John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera.)
Hermann Hesse, «Happiness…»
Happiness is a how, not a what;
a talent, not an object.
(Hermann Hesse: Collected Letters.)
Benjamin Disraeli, «The sense of existence…»
The sense of existence
is the greatest happiness.
(Benjamin Disraeli: Contarini Fleming.)