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Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad read more
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.
There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end read more
There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just read more
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
