“I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.” KnowsFeelingsBuiltStatuesDelightedGreat Feelings Author:Al Lopez
“Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist.” GivingLooksDoeFactsFeelingsBirthBuiltBridgesForbiddenAlasChasms Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“Eating reveals the characteristic grossness of the human race and also the in-built failure of its satisfactions. We arrive eager, we stuff ourselves and we go away depressed and disappointed and probably feeling a bit queasy into the bargain. It's an image of the déçu in human existence. A greedy start and a stupefied finish. Waiters, who are constantly observing this cycle, must be the most disillusioned of men.” MenHumansFeelingsStuffBitsRaceExistenceEatingBuiltSatisfactionHuman RaceCharacteristicsRestaurantsCyclesGoing AwayDisappointedGreedyObservingBargainsHuman ExistenceWaiterDisillusioned Book:A Fairly Honourable Defeat Source: A Fairly Honourable Defeat
“Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings.” MenArtStoriesFeelingsEarthSunEternalBuiltAncientPatternsAdmireCharmCharmingAnimated Author:Marie Bashkirtseff