Posted by: Ludovica Marinucci
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
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The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
After a good dinner, you can forgive anybody. Even your relatives.
The supreme joy of being a father is understood by very few men; motherhood istead, by all women, even the most depraved.
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. That is the misery of being poor.
He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.
The Academy is too large and too vulgar. Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse.
It is only the sacred things that are worth touching.
Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak. They are but blank cheques.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.