"All changes, even the most longed for, have their
melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part
of ourselves; we must die to one life before we
can enter another."
-- Anatole France (1844-1924)
melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part
of ourselves; we must die to one life before we
can enter another."
-- Anatole France (1844-1924)
Related:
- We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a
journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
-- Marcel Prou... - Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) -- A Psalm of Life... - To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream,
not only plan but also believe.
-- Anatole France... - We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. -- Jean de La Bruyere
- We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. -- Anatole France (1844-1924)
- The average man, who does not know what to do with his
life, wants another one which will last forever.
-- Anatole France... - We are by nature all as one, all alike, if you see us naked. -- Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy
- We cannot prove that those are in error who tell us that society has
reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days.
But so said all before us, and with just as much reason.... - Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become
our very flesh.
Paul Valery...
