To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
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Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes read more
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, read more
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure read more
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
