Duration Quote by Albert Camus

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

— Anonymous

The sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay…

— Marcel Proust

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.

— Anonymous

“Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience,…

— Anonymous

The radical hostility, the deadly hostility against sensuality, is always a symptom to reflect on: it entitles us to suppositions concerning the total state…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

— Zeno of Citium

“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they…

— Proust Marcel

Nothing is so rash as fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils…

— Edmund Burke

Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health...

— Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting.

— George Orwell

That in all times, mediocrity has dominated, that is indubitable; but that it reigns more than ever, that it is becoming absolutely triumphant and…

— Charles Baudelaire

When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.

— Albert Camus