Sudden love takes
the longest time to be cured.
(La Bruyère: Of the Affections.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
Vauvenargues, «Habit…»
Habit is everything – even in love.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Tasso, «Any time…»
Any time that is not spent on love is wasted.
(Tasso.)
Emerson, «Love…»
Love is the bright foreigner,
the foreign self.
(Emerson: Compensation.)
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.)
Karl Kraus, «Women’s Rights»
Women’s Rights are men’s duties.
(Karl Kraus: Aphorisms and More Aphorisms.)
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.)
Swift, «Party…»
Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few.
(Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)