As we grow old, we become aware that death is drawing near; his shadow falls across our path; the realities of life seem less crude than of yore, they touch our senses less intimately, and they lose much of their poignancy. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
A man of limited vision is hard to bear with in any sphere in which he is invested with power, but intolerable in the army. Beware of Pity
His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto. Animal Farm
The heart is able to bury deep and well what is urgently desires to forget. Beware of Pity
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