Goya’s savage verve, his harsh, brutal genius, captivated Des Esseintes. On the other hand, the universal admiration his works had won rather put him off, and for years he had refrained from framing them, for fear that if he hung them up, the first idiot who saw them would might feel obliged to dishonour them with a few inanities and go into stereotyped ecstasies over them. JorisKarl Huysmans
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The most important thing in life is to be able to accept with grace what happens to you. If the most important thing in life is to be able to accept with grace what happens to you, then it is not possible. For example, you have to have a certain amount of money to be able to live properly. You have to study for exams for a career.

You have to work hard for that career. If you are not willing to do that then it means that your priorities are wrong and this will ultimately lead you away from being happy.

Source: Against Nature

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