“The one who loves most becomes subordinate and must suffer—his”
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
“thought Aschenbach. He’s probably not long for this world. And he refused to analyze a certain feeling of satisfaction, or reassurance, which accompanied this thought. He”
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
“apparently there was no reason now why a man should not do as he pleased, so long as he remained within the law. A disintegrating individualism had weakened the Athenian character,”
― The Story of Philosophy
― The Story of Philosophy
“the lover is more blessed than the beloved because God resides in the former, not the latter—probably”
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
“People, after all, only love and respect other people so long as they remain unable to judge them. Longing is a child of ignorance. It”
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
― Death in Venice and Other Stories
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