Grief Quote by Tacitus

“The more highly a man is developed on the intellectual and moral side, the more independent he is, the more pleasure life gives him.…

— Anton Chekhov

“The few individuals who are capable of spontaneous and joyous effort stand out. These are the select men, the nobles, the only ones who…

— Ortega y Gasset José

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere want…

— John Stuart Mill

“To those who have neither public nor private affections, the excitements of life are much curtailed, and in any case dwindle in value as…

— John Stuart Mill

People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of anextreme politeness…

— Stendhal

“Y todas las teorías de la libertad, desde Gide a Sartre, no son sino inmoralidades concebidas por solteros irresponsables.”

— Michel Houellebecq

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually,…

— Humphrey Davy

“Păcatul este expresia religioasă a remuşcării.”

— Emil Cioran

“The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development of an…

— Allan Lokos

“Enslavement of the heart is worse than enslavement of the body”

— Anonymous

He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment. [Lat., Quem dii diligunt, Adolescens moritur, dum valet,…

— Plautus