“Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
“Live, and with Hope such happy Dayes expect.
This said, although opprest with weighty Care,
He shews glad Looks, and hides his deep Despair.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
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Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
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José Maria Eça de Queiroz book Cartas de Inglaterra
O inglês cai sobre as ideias e as maneiras dos outros como uma massa de granito na água: e ali fica pesando, com a sua Bíblia, os seus clubes, os seus sports, os seus prejuízos, a sua etiqueta, o seu egoísmo – fazendo na circulação da vida alheia um incomodativo tropeço. É por isso que nos países onde vive há séculos é ele ainda o estrangeiro.
"Os Ingleses no Egipto"; "The English in Egypt" p. 160.
Cartas de Inglaterra (1879–82)