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Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.
Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.
You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.
Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].
Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to read more
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.
Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.
