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“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”

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Baltasar Gracian, born on January 8, 1601 and died on December 6, 1658, was a renowned Spanish writer, philosopher, and theologian. He is known for his profound philosophical thoughts and unique literary style. more

“There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They do not arrive often enough. A letter which has been passionately awaited should be immediately supplemented by another one, to counteract the feeling of flatness that comes upon us when the agonizing delights of anticipation have been replaced by the colder flood of fulfilment.”

Should Has Beens Enough Feelings Trouble One Thing Letters Delight Anticipation Flood Replaced Fulfilment Instantaneous Agonizing Flatness

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“For a young man to start his career with a love affair with an older woman was quite de rigueur ... Of course, it must not go on for too long. An apprenticeship was a very different thing from a career.”

Men Long Different Young Courses Careers Goes On Lovers Affair Young Man Different Things Love Affair Older Women Apprenticeship

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“I cannot abide the Mr. and Mrs. Noah attitude towards marriage; the animals went in two by two, forever stuck together with glue.”

Two Together Animal Attitude Forever Stuck Glue

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.”

Men Long Whole Age Excellence Extremes Reactions Old Age Longevity Initials Liver Brevity Handicaps Reassurance Brevity Of Life

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“Violence, passion, indignation, loyalty, integrity, incorruptibility, shameless egoism, generosity, excitability, energy, a hundred horse-power drive - none of it very subtle: Ethel [Smyth] didn't deal in pastel shades, she went for the stronger colors, the blood-red, anything deep and pumping out of the arteries of the heart.”

Heart Passion Energy Deals Violence Blood Color Personality Integrity Hundred Red Horse Stronger Loyalty Generosity Subtle Shade Egoism Indignation Shameless Arteries Pastel

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“Prose is a poor thing, a poor inadequate thing, compared with poetry which says so much more in shorter time.”

Poor Prose Inadequate

Book:Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

Source: Vita Sackville-West: Selected Writings

“When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for worship which is nothing more than our frightened refuge into propitiation of a Creator we do not understand? A detective story, the supreme Who-done-it, written in indecipherable hieroglyphics, no Rosetta stone supplied by the consummate Mystifier to tease us poor fumbling unravellers of his plot.”

Source: No Signposts in the Sea

“that pathetic short-cut suggested by Nature the supreme joker as a remedy for our loneliness, that ephemeral communion which we persuade ourselves to be of the spirit when it is in fact only of the body - durable not even in memory!”

Facts Body Spirit Sex Memories Cutting Loneliness Supreme Remedy Communion Pathetic Ephemeral Short Cuts

Book:No Signposts in the Sea

Source: No Signposts in the Sea

“The true solitary ... will feel that he is himself only when he is alone; when he is in company he will feel that he perjures himself, prostitutes himself to the exactions of others; he will feel that time spent in company is time lost; he will be conscious only of his impatience to get back to his true life.”

Feels Lost Company Solitude Conscious Get Back Solitary Impatience True Life Time Spent

Author:Vita Sackville-West

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