What is a trait, divorced from the man? A patch of color without a painting.
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Every liberty can be noxiously exercised.
We err by treating vice as reprehensible, when it is usually only ridiculous.
No one will ever know what it is like to be stupid.
To act one must disregard some of the possible consequences of one’s actions: this we call morality.
All other emotions dissolve in the bottomless reservoir of self-pity.
To act one must disregard some of the possible consequences of one’s actions: this we call morality.
When you can’t be frank, be clever, and when you can’t be clever, be quiet.
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, no one can properly manifest more than five: Sloth, Pride, and Envy remain eternally at war.
What would the penance be for having nothing to confess?