“When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from love and place you in the realm of hatred. You should know that you have been greatly benefited when you have suffered deeply because of some insult or indignity; for by means of the indignity self-esteem has been driven out of you.” KnowsShouldMeanHas BeensSelfFeelingsChristianCuttingSelf EsteemHatredAngryDrivenEsteemRealmsInsultOrthodoxInsultedHumiliatedIrritationIndignity Author:Maximus the Confessor
“We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.” Has BeensAbleIndividualInfluencePoetFineEnglandInsultInsulted Book:Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis Source: Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis