Posted by: Luciano Guareschi
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
When God distributed stupidity many queued up three times.
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When God distributed stupidity many queued up three times.
Men are not ashamed of the injuries they may create, but of those they may receive.
Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies and the caterpillars who will call upon me?
Otium slows down the hours and makes the years go by faster.
Hatred without a desire for vengeance is like a seed falling on stony ground.
If the people that talk bad about me knew what I say about them, they'll talk even worse.
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.
I know very well that we are not all equal, nor can be so; but it is my opinion that he who avoids the common people, in order not to lose their respect, is as much to blame as a coward who hides himself from his enemy because he fears defeat.
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
Anguish is the fundamental disposition that puts us in front of nothing.