“There are no mute, inglorious Miltons, save in the hallucinations of poets.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 105
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.”
“It is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true.”
“The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes.”
“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.”
“For a day can humble all human beings, and a day can lift them up.”
“Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.”
“When a man shrinks not from a deed, neither is he scared by a word.”
“Time alone shows a just man; but thou couldst discern a knave even in one day.”
“Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.”
“Evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief.”
“There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.”