I have not yet had enough experience with women. What we were taught about them in our youth is quite wrong, that is sure, it was quite contrary to nature, and one must try to learn from experience. It would be very pleasant if everybody were good, and the world were good, etc., yes, but it seems to me that we see more and more that we are not good, no more than the world in general, of which we are an atom, and the world no more good than we are. One may try one's best, or act carelessly, the result is always different from what one really wanted. But whether the result be better or worse, fortunate or unfortunate, it is better to do something than to do nothing. If only one is wary of becoming a prim, self-righteous prig, as Uncle Vincent calls it, one may be even as good as one likes.

Vincent Van Gogh

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