The best way out is always through.
(Robert Frost: A Servant to Servants.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
William Shenstone, «Patience…»
Patience is the Panacea;
but where does it grow,
or who can swallow it?
(William Shenstone: Essays on Men and Manners.)
Publilius Syrus, «Anger…»
Anger always thinks it has power
beyond its power.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Emerson, «A good indignation…»
A good indignation brings out
all one’s powers.
(Emerson.)
Hazlitt, «To great evils we submit…»
To great evils we submit;
we resent little provocations.
(Hazlitt: On Great and Little Things.)
Goethe, «Whatever…»
Whatever liberates our spirit
without giving us mastery over ourselves
is destructive.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections.)
Emerson, «Much…»
Much will have more.
(Emerson.)
Emerson, «Everything…»
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
(Emerson.)
Vauvenargues, «Contempt for human nature…»
Contempt for human nature
is an error of human reason.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Mark Twain, «If man had created man…»
If man had created man
he would be ashamed
of his performance.
(Mark Twain: Notebooks.)