Thursday, November 06, 2003
�Then I shall remind you of the old verdict: the person under suspicion is better to be moving than at rest, for at rest one can, without knowing it, be in the balance being weighed together with one�s sins.�
- Franz Kafka (1883 � 1924), Czech-born German-speaking writer: �The Trial�, 1914.
�The man who is master of his passion is Reason�s slave.�
- Cyril Connolly (1903 � 1974), English literary editor, writer and critic: in �Turnstile One�, V.S. Pritchett, ed.
�It is no longer an ardour hidden in my veins: it�s Venus in all her power fastening on her prey.�
- Jean Racine (1639 � 1699), French tragedian and poet: �Ph�dre�, 1677.
�To give up another person�s love is a mild suicide.�
- Wyndham Lewis (1882 � 1957), American-born British painter, critic and writer: �Tarr�, 1918.
- Franz Kafka (1883 � 1924), Czech-born German-speaking writer: �The Trial�, 1914.
�The man who is master of his passion is Reason�s slave.�
- Cyril Connolly (1903 � 1974), English literary editor, writer and critic: in �Turnstile One�, V.S. Pritchett, ed.
�It is no longer an ardour hidden in my veins: it�s Venus in all her power fastening on her prey.�
- Jean Racine (1639 � 1699), French tragedian and poet: �Ph�dre�, 1677.
�To give up another person�s love is a mild suicide.�
- Wyndham Lewis (1882 � 1957), American-born British painter, critic and writer: �Tarr�, 1918.
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