Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.
Friendship...is not something you learn in school,but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.
When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.
Yet each man kills the thing he lovesBy each let this be heardSome do it with a bitter lookSome with a flattering wordThe coward does it with a kissThe brave man with a sword
Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that the saint has a past; the sinner has a future.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.
Một người bạn thực sự không phải là người thay đổi bạn, mà là người tạo điều kiện để bạn tự thay đổi.
Cuộc sống là quá trình phải chấp nhận những điều không thể thay đổi, có khả năng thay đổi những điều có thể, và khả năng phân biệt giữa chúng.
Yêu là biết rằng người khác đều là những sinh linh bình thường như ta, không giống như một số hình mẫu ảo tưởng mà ta mong đợi họ trở thành.
Giáo dục là một điều đáng kính trọng, nhưng nên nhớ rằng đôi khi những điều được dạy là những cái không đáng biết.
Người phụ nữ bình thường luôn ghen với chồng mình. Còn người phụ nữ xinh đẹp thì lúc nào cũng quá bận rộn với việc ghen chồng người khác.
