Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted,…

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Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in...

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in...

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will...

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering....

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although...

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life...

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other...

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other...