History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
My eyes swam and watered and I literally couldn't breathe through the pain.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporaly out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.