The lie is like a snowball; the more it rolls, the more it increases.
In fact, those tortures that are said to exist in the depths of Hell are all here, in our lives.
Lucretius
There is nothing more torturous for man than his own thoughts.
John Webster
Walking in good weather, in a beautiful land, without rushing, and having a pleasant goal at the end of the walk: this is, of all the ways of living, the one that...
Jean Jacques Rousseau
"Someone gently lowered my eyelids, leading me, unprepared, to consent to a light sleep, I who didn't know that love requires vigil."
Raduan Nassar
All these crazy people, however, find other crazy people who applaud them; for the more a thing is contrary to common sense, the more it attracts admirers; what is there...
Erasmus of Rotterdam