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Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters read more
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters gold.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out read more
Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting read more
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.