Posted by: Elisabetta
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best.
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
When you men talk of something, do you have to always say: it is folly, it is wise, it is good, it is bad! But what does this mean? Have you, who talk this way, investigated the internal movements of an action? Do you know how to understand with certainty the causes, and understand why that happened and why it had to happen? If you had done so you would be less ready to judge.
Otium slows down the hours and makes the years go by faster.
Be always like the sea, than breaking up against cliffs it finds always the force to try again.
Look at the small things because one day you'll turn back and you'll understand they were big.
He who has courage and character is always very disquieting for those who stand next to him.
There are men who would pay to be bribed.
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.