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Eu perdoo os ignorantes. Quanto aos estúpidos instruídos, nunca — disse Remy, referindo-se ao homem que acabava de sair.
“Thank you,” the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Consigo tolerar muita dor sem me deixar abater. Tive que aprender a fazer isso. Mas foi difícil, hoje, continuar pedalando e acompanhar os outros quando todo mundo que eu via fazia com que me sentisse cada vez pior.”
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“And yet what precisely is “greatness”? […] I would say that it is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart. What is pertinent is the calmness of that beauty, its sense of restraint. It is though the land knows of its own beuty, of its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“Não há virtude nenhuma em se apegar à tradição só pela tradição, como fazem alguns.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
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