Regretter ce que l'on aime est un bien, en comparaison de vivre avec ce que l'on hait.
Aphorism 40
Les Caractères (1688), Du Coeur
Regretter ce que l'on aime est un bien, en comparaison de vivre avec ce que l'on hait.
Les Caractères (1688), Du Coeur
A New Slant on Life (1998).
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”
“Hate must make a person productive; otherwise one might as well love.”
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
“Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.”
“The absence of one we love is not solitude, it is severance.”
L’assenza di chi si ama non è solitudine è ablazione.
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.”
The Simplest Way to be Happy (1933)
“Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.”
Maxim 44, p. 259
Maxims for Her Nuns (1963)
“So beautiful and fortunate
You're the one who hates to love
But he's the one who loves to hate.”
Love For Tender
Song lyrics, Get Happy!! (1980)
“A life by choice is one that is filled with love, happiness, and an appreciation of each day.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 78
