Someone’s really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.
A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.
Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.
His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.