Good marriages do exist,
but not delectable ones.
(La Rochefoucauld: Maxims.)
Συντάκτης: Θεοδόσης
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.)
Donne, «As soon…»
As soon as there were two,
there was pride.
(Donne: Sermon.)
W. R. Inge, «Personalize…»
Personalize your sympathies;
depersonalize your antipathies.
(W. R. Inge: More Lay Thoughts of a Dean.)
Blake, «It is easier…»
It is easier to forgive an Enemy
than to forgive a Friend.
(Blake: Jerusalem.)