“Take for yourself what you can, and don’t be ruled by others; to belong to oneself—the whole savour of life lies in that,”
― First Love
― First Love
“Ko gan es atdotu, lai ar pasaules lielāko muļķi varētu patērzēt kaut piecas minūtes! Cilvēks pats par sevi nav nekas, tikai saskarē ar sabiedrību viņš kļūst cilvēks. [..] Esmu pats savs vergs, esmu pats savs īpašnieks. Esmu pats savs tiesnesis, pats savs bende. Es varu glābties vārdu spēlēs, pats savs cirvis, savs bluķis, bet es nevaru būt pats bez sabiedrības.”
― The Cage
― The Cage
“According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty.”
― The Symposium
― The Symposium
“Kas ir stiprs, salauž stieņus. Kam nav spēka, tas ironizē par stieņiem. Kas ir stiprs, tas iznīcina būri. Kam nav spēka, tas rada būra filozofiju. Jo tikai tā var būrī dzīvot.”
― The Cage
― The Cage
“There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of ghostly confessors, and looking them piteously in the eyes — die with despair of heart and convulsion of throat, on account of the hideousness of mysteries which will not suffer themselves to be revealed.”
― The Man of the Crowd - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
― The Man of the Crowd - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
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