It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
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To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!".
I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!".
You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The read more
You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
