Happiness is a how, not a what;
a talent, not an object.
(Hermann Hesse: Collected Letters.)
Κατηγορία: Literature
Benjamin Disraeli, «The sense of existence…»
The sense of existence
is the greatest happiness.
(Benjamin Disraeli: Contarini Fleming.)
La Bruyère, «Sudden love…»
Sudden love takes
the longest time to be cured.
(La Bruyère: Of the Affections.)
Ovid, «Take away leisure…»
Take away leisure
and Cupid’s bow is broken.
(Ovid: Remedia Amoris.)
Callimachus, «Lover’s vows…»
Lovers’ vows do not reach the ears of the gods.
(Callimachus.)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, «Selfishness…»
Selfishness is one of the qualities
apt to inspire love.
(Nathaniel Hawthorne: American Notebooks.)
Ovid, «Love…»
Love is a kind of warfare.
(Ovid: Ars Amatoria.)
Chateaubriand, «The more serious…»
The more serious the face,
the more beautiful the smile.
(Chateaubriand: Memoires d’Outre-Tombe.)
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.)
Saki, «It takes…»
It takes all sorts to make a sex.
(Saki: The Square Egg.)