Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
One’s ridiculousness increases in proportion as one denies it.
One’s ridiculousness increases in proportion as one denies it.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly … and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.
Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.