Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
The speakers give us in length what they lack in depth.
Baron de Montesquieu
The more forgetful the listener is about himself, the deeper the thing heard is engraved in him.
Walter Benjamin
Beauty is like pomegranates, whose effect is short-lived; As we get used to them, we stop feeling them.
Anne Lambert
A mature soul is not scandalized by the imperfection of the world. - Stoicism
Stoic Thoughts
And so little by little sadness settles in and suffocates me, little by little the days pass and when I realize I know that I wasted days, I know that I was acting badly, I know that I am left alone...
Inês Matos