“Nothing was more excruciating to the hunger artist than such watchers. They depressed him.” A Hunger Artist
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. A Christmas Carol
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence. Beware of Pity
“I suspect that many will not be satisfied with the simpler way of life.” Republic
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