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! 740
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. 831
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. 2.5K
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. 784
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. 745
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. 866
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 1.14K
