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.
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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Don't tell me peace has broken out.
Don't tell me peace has broken out.
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
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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.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
