İnsan zekasını hiçbir şey tutkulu bir şüpheden fazla keskinleştirmez, karanlıklara uzanan bir izin peşinden ısrarla gitmek kadar başka hiçbir şey o güne kadar olgunlaşmamış zekayı geliştirmez.
The great masses always and at once respond to the force of gravity in the direction of the powers that be.
Nada parece más difícil en la tierra que renunciar al Poder.
Ich spüre wieder erschrocken, eine wie schwache, armselige und quallige Substanz das doch sein muß, was wir immer großspurig Seele, Geist, Gefühl, was wir Schmerzen nen-nen, da all dies selbst im äuße...
Ever since he discovered that all his millions could not bring him back his wife, he has learned to despise money.
El derecho impone también deberes y que el amor más puro acaba por fatigarse si no se siente correspondido.
D’aussi purs poètes, tout entiers dévoués au lyrisme, seront-ils encore possibles dans notre époque de turbulence et de désordre universel ? N’est-ce pas une lignée disparue que je regrette en eux ave...
Yeryüzünde hiçbir şey kuytulardaki bir çocuğun fark edilmeyen sevgisiyle karşılaştırılamaz.
Yanlız kalmaya ve kendi ateşimle kavrulmaya daha fazla dayanamayacaktım. Fakat bütün bakışlar beni yalayıp geçiyordu, kimse varlığımı hissetmek istemiyordu.
What Montaigne seeks is his interior self, that which cannot submit to state, to family, to time, to circumstances, to money, to property; this interior self, which Goethe labelled the citadel, where...
Was würden Sie raten?’ flüsterte er aufgeregt.‘Nicht gleich vorziehen, sondern zunächst ausweichen! Vor allem mit dem König abrücken aus der gafärhdeten Linie von g8 auf h7. Er wird wahrscheinlich den...
Und der einzige wirklich beschwingte Glücksmoment, den ich der Schule zu danken habe, wurde der Tag, da ich ihre Tür für immer hinter mir zuschlug.
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There are two kinds of pity. One, the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart's impatience to be rid as quickly as possible of the painful emotion aroused by the sight of ano...
The writer in him is only the shadow of the man, though so often we observe men whose art of writing is so great, but whose art of living is so modest.
The woman has a dangerous decision to confront, whether she will live her own life, or that of her children, whether she will be a woman first or a mother first.
The most just death is that which is most willed. Our lives depend on the will of others, but death on ourselves alone. There is nothing to which we should apply ourselves more than this. Reputation h...
The desire to ascend in the social scale does not make itself felt until the intellect awakens. Up to the tenth, and often up to the fifteenth year, almost every child belonging to a well-to-do family...
States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past.
She did what is the most dangerous thing anyone can do in politics; she discoursed without having the most remote acquaintance with the subject; she amateurishly thrust her fingers into every pie, int...
