
“One can act too much in the cause of self-preservation and experience nothing fresh as a result.”
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 2 (p. 25)
In Praise of Books (1860)
“One can act too much in the cause of self-preservation and experience nothing fresh as a result.”
Source: The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981), Chapter 2 (p. 25)
“Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.”
This is from Hazlitt's "Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.," New Monthly Magazine (1826-1827), published in book form in 1830; but the words were spoken by Northcote
Misattributed
“To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.”
3rd Part
The Book of the New Moral World (1836-1844)
“When there's nothing you can do except worry, that's a good time to worry.”
Kiera the Thief, in Orca (1996), Ch. 14
On the Campaign for Divorce Law Reform (1860)
Existentialism and Human Emotions (1957)