Wednesday, April 13, 2005
“Still obscurely fighting the lost fight of virtue, still clinging, in the brothel or on the scaffold, to some rag of honour, the poor jewel of their souls!”
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894), Scottish writer, poet and essayist: “Across the Plains”, 1892.
“Wondrous close is the hero to those who die young.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926), Prague-born Austrian poet: “Duino Elegies”, 1923.
“Whoever struggles with monsters might watch that he does not thereby become a monster. When you stare into the abyss for a long time, the abyss also stares into you.”
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900), German philosopher, critic and poet: “Beyond Good and Evil”, 1886.
“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
- Graham Greene (1904 – 1991), British novelist: “A Sort of Life”, 1971.
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894), Scottish writer, poet and essayist: “Across the Plains”, 1892.
“Wondrous close is the hero to those who die young.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926), Prague-born Austrian poet: “Duino Elegies”, 1923.
“Whoever struggles with monsters might watch that he does not thereby become a monster. When you stare into the abyss for a long time, the abyss also stares into you.”
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900), German philosopher, critic and poet: “Beyond Good and Evil”, 1886.
“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
- Graham Greene (1904 – 1991), British novelist: “A Sort of Life”, 1971.
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