This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. –William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616).
William Shakespeare: To thine own self be true
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August Strindberg: Unnatural
English: Photographic portrait of August Strindberg in April 1875. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. ”
August Strindberg
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Thomas Fuller: Friends
Thomas Fuller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.”
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Mark Twain: Truth and fiction
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Persecution and not…
Ralph Waldo Emerson Español: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Français : Ralph Waldo Emerson Italiano: Ralph Waldo Emerson Nederlands: Fotogravure van Ralph Waldo Emerson Português: Ralph Waldo Emerson Русский: Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон Svenska: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882).
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Ambrose Bierce: Love
Ambrose Bierce portre (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage. –Ambrose Bierce, author and editor (1842-1914)
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