Care Quote by Richard Francis Burton

One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty…

— Richard Burton

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks;…

— John Milton

I, methought, while the sweet breath of heaven Was blowing on my body, felt within A correspondent breeze, that gently moved With quickening virtue,…

— William Wordsworth

“Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Man little knows what calamities are beyond his patience to bear till he tries them; as in ascending the heights of ambition, which look…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently…

— Seneca the Younger

Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees, From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices And the unhurried sounds…

— Czeslaw Milosz

But often, in the world’s most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of…

— Matthew Arnold

We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest; And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best.…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox