“A morbid propensity that causes great suffering in domestic life is often curiously infectious to the very person for whom it creates most suffering.” PersonsLife IsSufferingCausesMorbidPropensityDomestic Life Author:Ada Leverson
“When I see a cheerful young man shrieking about how full of life he is, banging on a drum, and blowing on a tin trumpet, and speaking of his good spirits, it depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can't be real. It ought to be but it isn't. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn't say it.” IfsMenGivingPersonsSaidRealYoungSpiritOughtContraryImpressionYoung ManBeing RealDepressingCheerfulTrumpetsNoisyTinBanging Book:Love at Second Sight Source: Love at Second Sight
“an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.” MenLooksPersonsEyeFeetHe ManOptimismWitPessimismOptimistPessimist Book:The limit Source: The limit
“As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.” PersonsTwoFoundPositionBetrayalSuperiorsBetrayedHumiliated Book:Love's Shadow Source: Love's Shadow