While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. – Groucho Marx [Julius Henry Marx] (1890 – 1977) (Image by athree23 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. – Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy] (1828 – 1910) / (There is only one corner…) (Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832): Elective Affinities (Image by Wolf-Henry Dreblow from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love. – Erich Fromm (1900 – 80): The Art of Loving (Image by Pepper Mint from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »
Then you shall judge yourself. That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true… More »
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life — doing the wrong thing at the right moment. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) / (From a scene in Monsieur Verdoux.) (Image by John Hain from… More »
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An honest man’s word is as good as his bond. [An honest man is as good as his word.] / A warrior never goes back on his word. (Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
None but the brave deserves the fair. – John Dryden (1631 – 1700) (Image by Christine Sponchia from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Scales fall from one’s eyes. / Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. – Bible: “The Acts of the Apostles” Chapter 9:18 / (Saul = Saint Paul) (Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech… More »
Utilizing one’s experience of former days. (Image by Pexels from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
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