Thomas Corneille
View AuthorPain is an evil that hasty remedy irritates.
William Cowper
View AuthorPain itself is a medicine.
Benedetto Croce
View AuthorViolence is not strength but weakness, it can never create anything, it will only destroy.
Leonardo Da Vinci
View AuthorHe who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.
Charles Dickens
View AuthorThe number of wrongdoers does not authorize the crime.
Denis Diderot
View AuthorThe martyr awaits death; the fanatic rushes to seek it.
Denis Diderot
View AuthorFrom fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
Denis Diderot
View AuthorHe who can compel us to good could also compel us to evil. A first just, energetic, and enlightened despot is a misfortune; a second just, energetic, and enlightened despot is a greater misfortune; a third, resembling the first two, by causing the people to forget their privileges, would consummate their slavery.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorTrue pain, the kind that makes us suffer deeply, sometimes makes even the thoughtless man serious and steady; even the poor in spirit become wiser after great pain.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorThe man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorPain and suffering are always inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart. Truly great people, I believe, have a great sadness on earth.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorYour worst sin is that you have destroyed yourself and betrayed yourself for nothing.