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Other Quotes by Yukio Mishima
- His conviction of having no purpose in life other than to act as a distillation of poison was part of the ego of an eighteen-year-old.…
- Other people must be destroyed. In order that I might truly face the sun, the world itself must be destroyed....
- Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time…
- We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a…
- He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free…
- Even when we're with someone we love, we're foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour