“Lustful Desire (although 'twere rather fit To some brute creature to attribute it) Shall be presented in the second place, Because it shrouds a vile deformed face Beneath love's vizard, and assumes that name, Hiding its own fault with the other's blame.” FacesDesireNamesFitCreaturesBlameAssumingFaultsLustHidingAttributesBrutesSecond PlaceShroudsLustful Book:Poems ... Source: Poems ...
“By 'nationalism' I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions and tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled 'good' or 'bad'...By 'patriotism' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power.” PeopleWorldWayFirstsBelieveHumansMeanWholeHandsDesireForceWishHuman BeingsMillionsParticularHabitEthicsAssumingDevotionBlockNationalismInsectsInseparableDesire For Power Author:George Orwell
“To stroll is a science, it is the gastronomy of the eye. To walk is to vegetate, to stroll is to live.... To stroll is to enjoy, it is to assume a mind-set, it is to admire the sublime pictures of unhappiness, of love, of joy, of graceful or grotesque portraits; it is to plunge one's vision to the depths of a thousand existences: young, it is to desire everything; old, it is to live the life of the young, to marry their passions.” MindEyeYoungJoyDesirePassionEnjoyWalksExistenceVisionWalkingThousandBehaviorAssumingDepthAdmireLive LifeUnhappinessLeisurePortraitsSublimePlungeGrotesqueMind Set Author:Honore de Balzac
“In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.” DesireAdversityAssumingProsperityTemperModeratesCountenance Author:Livy