We have an infinite supply of information and yet we cannot read.
I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness.
Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owi...
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.
A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.
I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot fo...
I'm now asking an idle question of my own: which is better--cheap happiness, or lofty suffering? Well, which is better?