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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
Hatred -- The anger of the weak.
Hatred -- The anger of the weak.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
