"Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations."

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Source : Sebastian Horsley (2016). “Dandy in the Underworld”, p.234, Hachette UK

Sebastian Horsley

#Lying Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.”

Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin
“Less is more, in prose as in architecture.”

Source : DONALD HALL (1973). “WRITING WELL”
“I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.”
“Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to 'fly upwards”
“And for an apple damn'd mankind.”
“I like RenÃ© Descartes' theory about a ball of wax. You can change its form from solid to liquid, but it's still the same ball of wax. With acting, you are the same person in a different form. You can only be what you know, and you only truly know yourself.”
“Bid imagination run / Much on the Great Questioner; / What He can question, what if questioned I / Can with a fitting confidence reply.”
“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”

Source : Chaim Potok (2016). “The Chosen”, p.410, Simon and Schuster

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