Contemptus Saeculi

A Variegated Assortment of Quotes and Literary Passages, Peppered with a Few Personal Thoughts and Observations.

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Some are born to obey. Some are cursed to see.

–Friedrich Nietzsche

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The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.

–Blaise Pascal

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“A voice said, Look me in the stars,

And tell me truly, men of earth,

If all the soul and body scars

We’re not too much to pay for birth.”

–Robert Frost, “A Question”

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

– Oscar Wilde

Contemptus Saeculi

A Variegated Assortment of Quotes and Literary Passages, Peppered with a Few Personal Thoughts and...

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“I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.”

— Edgar Allan Poe 

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Those who suffer most cry out the least.

–Aesop

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“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche (via henretta84)

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“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”

— Carl Jung

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“Art is to console those who are broken by life.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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“The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.”

–Søren Kierkegaard

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At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Albert Camus

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A Variegated Assortment of Quotes and Literary Passages, Peppered with a Few Personal Thoughts and...

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“It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish”

– Jean-Paul Sartre, “Being and Nothingness”

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I am so glad that you are here. It helps me realize how beautiful my world is…

Rainer Maria Rilke

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“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”

–Charles Bukowski

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“It was true that I didn't have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?”

–Charles Bukowski

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“If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.”

–Charles Bukowski

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Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.

–Rumi