Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You...
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Madeline Miller
Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.
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C. Joybell C.
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means to silence one's doubts. It has a function to be compared with that of the Egyptian pyramids or the Christian...
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Erich Fromm
€7, 500, first-class, everything–and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff.
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More Quotes By John Wilmot
For Hell and the foul fiend that rules God's everlasting fiery jails( Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools), With his grim, grisly dog that keeps the door, Are senseless stories, idle tales, Dreams, whimseys, and no more.
God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.
Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.
Then, if to make your ruin more, You'll peevishly be coy, Die with the scandal of a whore And never know the joy.
