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There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage read more
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.
Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.
