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“Those with false fears deserve real ones.”
Oedipus • Lucius Annaeus Seneca““People who are to be comfortable are accustomed to lie on sofas, and dine off tables, and they should have sauces and sweets in the modern style.””
Republic • Plato““You must know that the human heart must be very large to contain all those you love.””
My Sweet Orange Tree • José Mauro de Vasconcelos“What is love? For the rabble love is a kind of variety, a transient vulgarity; the rabble's conception of love is best found in their obscene ditties, in prostitution and in the foul idioms they use when they are halfway sober, such as "shoving the donkey's foreleg in mud," or "putting dust on the head." My love for her, however, was of a totally different kind. I knew her from ancient times—strange slanted eyes, a narrow, half-open mouth, a subdued quiet voice. She was the embodiment of all my distant, painful memories among which I sought what I was deprived of, what belonged to me but somehow I was denied. Was I deprived forever?”
The Blind Owl • Sadegh Hedayat“The heart is able to bury deep and well what is urgently desires to forget.”
Beware of Pity • Stefan Zweig