I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! 732
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. 822
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh. 2.49K
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. 776
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. 737
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. 1.14K
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 856
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 1.13K
