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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The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
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.
Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.
Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.
I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.
I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
