Posted by: Vittorio Lunardelli
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
The cliffs of man's death are full of men smashed in indecision.
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The cliffs of man's death are full of men smashed in indecision.
Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very doubt that bound me to my vice, because life is so much pleasanter if one is able to believe in one's own latent greatness.(from "Zeno's Conscience")
Never come back either to take a run.
One day fear knocked on the door, courage got up and opened it to see no one standing outside.
The unfortunate aphorism proposed on Art as a Mirror of Nature is wantonely expressed by Hamlet to convince the listeners of their absolute madness over what concerns art.
It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over.
There is no sin except stupidity.
All repetition is anti-spiritual.
Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.