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Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not read more
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is read more
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, read more
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
