“Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection.” MenMadeShowsFeelingsOrderFightingHe ManLuckDeterminedRejectionGreat MenAfflictionAdvancementExceedRoad To SuccessBad LuckIndignationMake Out Book:Venus in Arms Source: Venus in Arms
“There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be put upon it; its powers may be compared to those vehicles whose springs are so contrived that they get on smoothly enough when loaded, but jolt confoundedly when they have nothing to bear.” MindHumansMayEnoughShowsCertainBearsCapableSpringWeightAdversityHuman MindVehicleAfflictionLoadedElasticity Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“Religion prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition; nay, it shows him that the bearing of his afflictions as he ought to do, will naturally end in the removal of them.” MenMeanEndsShowsConditionsOughtSorrowMiserableAfflictionRemoval Book:The spectator Source: The spectator