Posted by: Elisabetta
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Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.
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Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.
It is said that evil cannot stay for long, even if, for the exertion it brings with it, sometimes it may seem so, but the thing about which there is no doubt is that the good doesn't last for long.
Athos was of the opinion that everyone should've had their free choice. He never gave advice without being asked again and one had to also ask him twice. Generally - he said- advice is only asked to not be followed, or, if it has been followed to have someone to reproach for having given bad advice.
Whoever doesn't choose means that is subject to the choices of the others.
You can't not choose.
The right way of doing things, the style, is not an useless concept. It's just the way of doing things the way they have to be done. The fact that, when the thing is done, is also nice, it's pure accidental.
They'll always criticize you, speak badly of you, it'll be hard to meet someone who will like you as you are, so live, do what your heart tells you to do... Life is like a play that does not allow testing. So sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely every day of your life, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.
Some see themselves as perfect just because they are less demanding towards themselves.
Let's not think of them, but look and pass on.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.