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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Death

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. In passing we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
  • 2. The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
  • 3. Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems in my opinion to characterize our age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I got to work with Jennifer Tilly she was amazing. Such such a smart actress.
  • 2. It's a melting pot southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music and it's pretty amazing.
  • 3. It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors hospitals and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors hospitals medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

3 Anger

  • 1. Our humor turns our anger into a fine art.
  • 2. If a small thing has the power to make you angry does that not indicate something about your size?
  • 3. As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud the anger is elevated sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 2. Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.
  • 3. The heart of marriage is memories and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns then your marriage is a gift from the gods.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
  • 2. If you give people nothingness they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
  • 3. Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.
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