One Can Only Be Happy Simplifying
One can only be happy simplifying, simplifying always, ripping of, diminishing, crushing, reducing; and intelligence creates around us an immense sea of waves, of foams, of wreckage, among which we are the castaway that rebels, that struggles in vain, that does not want to disappear without getting closer to his chest something that is walking away: sunbeam in stars reflection. And all the stars live overhead.
Florbela Espanca, in 'Last Year Diary'
Florbela Espanca, in 'Last Year Diary'
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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