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Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre read more
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
Fair and softly goes far.
Fair and softly goes far.
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.
Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they read more
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose read more
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.
