“He was a tall man with an astonishing and somehow elegant curvature of the spine, formed by an enlarged lower abdomen, which he carried in a stately and contented way, as if it contained money and securities.”— John Cheever, The Wapshot Scandal (1964)Share
“When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.”— John CheeverShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
