The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
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The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
There is no fine art without self-consciousness, and self-consciousness and the critical spirit are one.
What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
No man has any real success in this world unless he has got women to back him, and women rule society. If you have not got women on your side you are quite over.
I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Duty is the most arid of all human relationships.
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. That is all.