Posted by: Cheope
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
A wise parent leaves that his children commit errors. It is well that once every so often they burn the fingers.
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A wise parent leaves that his children commit errors. It is well that once every so often they burn the fingers.
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
The world is your exercise book, the pages on which you do your sums. It is not reality, though you may express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write lies, or nonsense, or to tear the pages.
Those who live are those who fight.
Don't look for the impossible in this world of crazy people, there isn't a place where you can escape, but if you should find someone you love keep him close because remember: you are born and you die alone... the rest is nothing.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
The one charm of the past is that it is the past.
Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.
Think of the millions of people who live together even if they don't like it, they hate their job but are afraid of losing it, it's normal that they should have the face they have.
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.