Only in youth does coincidence seem the same as fate. Later, we know that the real course of our lives is decided within us; our paths may seem to diverge from our wishes in a confused and pointless w...
لا يمكن أن أصف لك مرارتي ويأسي، لكنك تستطيع أن تتخيل ما شعرت به: ألا تكون في نظر إنسان منحتَه كل حياتك، أكثر من ذبابة تهُشها يدٌ كسلى بضجر.
Това, че аз не се поддадох на внезапното опиянение на патриотизъм, не се дължи ни най-малко на някаква особена трезвост или ясновидство, а на дотогавашния мой начин на живот. Два дни преди това бях ощ...
Но странно – тъкмо това, че в този час не знаех какво мога да си пожелая, породи у мене неведомо неприятно усещане. Ще бъде ли наистина добре, питаше някой в мене – това не бях аз, – ако твоят живот п...
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Çünkü sadece kendi kaderlerini bir gizem olarak yaşayabilenlerin gerçek anlamda yaşadıklarına inanıyorum.
Çünkü insanlık tarihi davetsiz misafirleri sevmezdi; kahramanlarını kendi seçer, ne kadar usandırıcı bir çabaya girerse girsinler hakkı olmayanları acımasızca geri çevirirdi; talihin ilerlemekte olan...
« Vivre et laisser vivre », disait la célèbre maxime viennoise,
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The great masses always and at once respond to the force of gravity in the direction of the powers that be.
The beauty of the creative gesture is wild, unwilling and painful.
Paribulo
Pain is cowardly, it gives way before the overpowering will to live which seems to cling more strongly to our flesh than all the mortal suffering of the spirit.
Nur in ersten Jugendjahren scheint Zufall noch mit Schicksal identisch. Später weiß man, dass die eigentliche Bahn des Lebens von innen bestimmt war; wie kraus und sinnlos unser Weg von unseren Wünsch...
No one would have pity on the foolish slave of his own pity.
La suma de todas las dificultades vencidas es la que, al fin y a la postre, da la medida de un hecho y del hombre que lo lleva a cabo.
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...
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...
Des âmes totalement consacrées à l’art lyrique seront-elles encore possibles à notre époque, dans nos nouvelles conditions d’existence qui arrachent les hommes à tout recueillement et les jettent hors...
Arrogance