Praise shames me,
for I secretly beg it.
(Rabindranath Tagore: Stray Birds.)
Κατηγορία: Literature
Oscar Wilde, «To love oneself…»
To love oneself,
is the beginning
of a life-long romance.
(Oscar Wilde: Phrases and Philosophies)
Kahlil Gibran. “To belittle…”
To belittle, you have to be little.
(Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet.)
Victor Hugo, «To love…»
To love is to act.
(Victor Hugo: Last words in his diary.)
Victor Hugo, «One resists…»
One resists the invasion of armies;
one can’t resist the invasion of ideas.
(Victor Hugo: The history of a crime.)
Dostojevsky, «Money…»
Money is coined liberty.
(Dostojevsky: The house of the dead.)
Dostojevsky, «The degree of civilization…»
The degree of civilization in a society
can be judged by entering its prisons.
(Dostoyevsky: The house of the dead.)
Elizabeth Bowen, «Fate is not an eagle…»
Fate is not an eagle,
it creeps like a rat.
(Elizabeth Bowen: The House in Paris.)