“How can one be well...when one suffers morally?”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Wisdom comes through suffering.
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
So men against their will
Learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.”
― Agamemnon
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
So men against their will
Learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.”
― Agamemnon
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”
― The Mayor of Casterbridge
― The Mayor of Casterbridge
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