“Melancholy sees the worst of things, things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.” LooksMayBeautifulFacesWorstLook UpMelancholySkullsGrinningBeautiful Face Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.” ThinkingWorldMayBeautifulPleasureMelancholyGravityHumane Author:Pliny the Elder