"He thought it happier to be dead,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread
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More on Beauty
“The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.”
“Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”
“When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.”
More on Sacrifice
“In some cases, in order to protect global issues some sacrifice for national interest is worth it in the long run. Global warming, these things, they suffer everybody.”
“I sometimes think love consists precisely of the voluntary gift by the loved object of the right to tyrannize over it.”
“I took a long period off to be a mom.”