“I came across a wild flower, marveled at its beauty and at the perfection of all its parts, and exclaimed: 'But all this in you and in thousands like you blossoms and fades; it is not noticed by anyone and in fact is often not even seen by any one.' But the flower replied: 'You fool! Do you imagine I blossom in order to be seen? I blossom for my own sake because it pleases me, and not for the sake of others; my joy and delight consist in my being and in my blossoming.”
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“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“- Никогда, Робби, не стремись знать слишком много! Чем меньше знаешь, тем проще живется. Знание делает человека свободным, но и несчастным. Давай выпьем за наивность, за глупость и все, что к ним относится - за любовь, за веру в будущее, за мечты о счастье - за божественную глупость, за потерянный рай...”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
“It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Только несчастный знает, что такое счастье. Счастливец ощущает радость жизни не более, чем манекен: он только демонстрирует эту радость, но она ему не дана. Свет не светит когда светло. Он светит во тьме.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
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