Danish - Philosopher | May 5, 1813 - November 11, 1855
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.
Soren Kierkegaard
LifeMomentDeathJoyDieInsects
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
LifeManRiskFirstTakeGreatest
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
DreamsAgeOld AgeYouthLookOld
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
ManImperfectionDesireHumanOnly
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
WorldInterestingAdmitSheAlways
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
GreatMenMeProveWillBegin
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
MarriageWeatherWindConnection
Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.
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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
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