Quotes About Reflection

But yet with all this, although, of course, one may admit this, that and the other, may even... and after all, where aren't there incongruities?

Certain persons in the world exist, not as personalities in themselves, but as spots or specks on the personalities of others. Always they are to be seen sitting in the same place, and holding their heads at exactly the same angle, so that one comes within an ace of mistaking them for furniture, and thinks to oneself that never since the day of their birth can they have spoken a single word.

One must keep a store of common sense," said Tchitchikov, "and consult one's common sense at every minute, have a friendly conversation with it.

And what in earlier years would have brought animation to my face, arousing laughter and incessant chatter, now slips past me and my immobile lips preserve an impassive silence. Oh my youth! Oh my freshness!

Despair at not reaching ideal perfection are among the reasons given. Again it is said.

He granted its due share to everything equally, drawing from everything only what was beautiful in it, and in the end left himself only the divine Raphael as a teacher. So a great poetic artist, having read many different writings filled with much delight and majestic beauty, in the end might leave himself, as his daily reading, only Homer's Iliad , having discovered that there is nothing that has not already been reflected in its profound and great perfection.

would he need to consider my feelings if at any point he should feel minded to blame

Wise is he who disdains no character, but, fixing a searching eye on him, explores him down to the first causes… Blessed is the man who has chosen the most noble passion from among them all.

And at such moments his eyes would grow winning, and his features assume an expression of intense satisfaction. Yet never did these projects pass beyond the stage of debate. Likewise there lay in his study a book with the fourteenth page permanently turned down. It was a book which he had been reading for the past two years!

The devil take those who first invented balls!" was his reflection. "Who derives any real pleasure from them? In this province there exist want and scarcity everywhere: yet folk go in for balls! How absurd, too, were those overdressed women! One of them must have had a thousand roubles on her back, and all acquired at the expense of the overtaxed peasant, or, worse still, at that of the conscience of her neighbour.

And now, at length, in my declining years, I am seeking a corner in which to eke out the remainder of my miserable existence, while at the present moment I am enjoying the hospitality of a neighbour of your acquaintance.

Going to the window,

Nuestra generación lo ve todo claramente, le asombran los errores, le produce risa la insensatez de sus antepasados, sin ver que esos anales están escritos con fuego celestial, que en ellos clama cada letra, que un dedo imperioso le señala por doquier a ella, a la generación actual. Pero nuestra generación se ríe y, dominada por la presunción y el orgullo, comienza una serie de nuevos errores, de los que más tarde también se reirán nuestros descendientes.

No ma cosa devo fare, cretino, cosa devo fare? Giudica tu: perché dovrei comperare delle cose che non mi sono assolutamente necessarie?

Dreadful and fearsome is the old age which will come, for it gives nothing back, nothing in return!

in short, I sensed in myself those strange feelings that come over us when for the first time we enter the dwelling of a widower whom we had known before inseparable from his lifelong companion. These feelings are like seeing before us a man we had always known in good health, now lacking a leg.

107] Comme on dirait un gobe-mouche, un désœuvré, un oisif, qui bat l'eau pour faire des ronds, qui fume pour faire quelque chose et ne fait autre emploi de ses dix doigts que de soutenir le tuyau de sa pipe de l'air du monde le plus préoccupé.

Tatl? gençlik y?llar?ndan, ileri ya?lar?n sert, kat? y?llar?na giderken tüm insanc?l e?ilimlerinizi, duygular?n?z? yan?n?za almay? unutmay?n, yolda b?rakmay?n onlar?, sonra yerlerinden kald?ramazs?n?z. Hemen ileride sizi beklemekte olan ya?l?l?k korkunçtur, hiçbir ?eyi geri vermez! Mezar bile ondan daha merhametli, daha lütufkard?r...

Instálese en un rincón tranquilo, cerca de la iglesia y de la gente sencilla y buena: o si tiene grandes deseos de dejar descendencia, cásese con alguna muchacha pobre y buena. Olvídese de este mundo ruidoso y de todas sus lujosas tentaciones, y que él también lo olvide. En este mundo no hay consuelo. Ya lo ve usted: no hay más que enemigos, traiciones y pecados

Ce frumos e?ti câteodat? drumule, drumule îndep?rtat! De câte ori, ca unul care piere ?i se îneac?, m-am ag??at de tine ?i tu de fiecare dat? m-ai scos cu m?rinimie la mal ?i m-ai salvat! ?i câte idei minunate, câte vis?ri poetice mi-au venit în minte în timp ce te str?b?team, câte impresii încânt?toare mi-ai prilejuit!...

Exist? taine ale sufletului: oricât de mult s-ar îndep?rta de drumul cel drept un r?t?citor, orcât s-ar înr?i în sufletul s?u un criminal iremediabil, oricât ar persista în via?a sa dezm??at?, dac? îl dojene?ti ?i-i ar??i calit??ile, pe care chiar el le-a f?cut de ru?ine, totul se cutremur? f?r? voie în el ?i omul se simte zguduit.

BOBCHINSKY Not bad looking, in civilian dress, walking about the room, a reflective look on his face . . . his physiognomy . . . his behavior, and up here (He waves his hand around his forehead) a lot, a lot of everything.

?airin i?i sinsice dünyan?n pazar yerine ula?mak de?ildir. O, sessiz bir ke?i? gibi dünyada ya?ar ama oraya ait de?ildir...

Don't blame the mirror if your mug's askew. —Popular saying