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The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.
It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.
It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.
Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the read more
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky.
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
