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.
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.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].
Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not read more
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
