“Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from these palpable conditions, but when he recovers from wounds he forgets the torments, and when he is well fed he is joyous in the light of day.” FeelsWellsLightPainSufferingNaturalForgetConditionsProductsCivilizationWoundsFedsPessimismSavagesTormentDiscomfortJoyous Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that their vanity has touched the responding chord of our own.” FeelsLaughingWeaknessVanityVainTouchedForgivenChordsResponding Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day