Pt. I.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822-1856)
“Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.”
La reconnaissance est un fardeau, et tout fardeau est fait pour être secoué.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
“Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.”
#52
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin.”
Section 84
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Context: Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin. We think him more a savior who shoulders our responsibilities than him who shoulders our sins. If instead of making decisions we have but to obey and do our duty, we feel it as a sort of salvation.
“Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them.”
Variant: Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
Source: Gone with the Wind
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
“This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.”
“…burdened with the unbearable weight of ourselves.”
“Say No! Accept the burdens of revenge.”
“No!,” p. 85
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”
