“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”
“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.”
“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".”
“Yes, I can endure guilt, however horrible; The laughter of my enemies I will not endure. Now”
“O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.”
“When you are ready to move on or if you come to peace with pain, you’ll find a silver lining.”
“I can wade Grief --
Whole Pools of it --
I'm used to that --
But the least push of Joy
Breaks up my feet --
And I tip -- drunken --
Let no Pebble -- smile --
'Twas the New Liquor --
That was all!”
“...it is not possible to create the opposite of what one has always known, simply because the opposite is believed to be desired. Human beings need what they already know, even horrors.”
“Только тот любит, кто помогает любимой женщине возвышаться до независимости.”
“-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful."
-"It was stupid.”
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