Quotes About Comparison

D'Artagnan had time to reflect that women - those gentle doves - treat one another more cruelly than bears and tigers.

There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another.

Onko maailma sitten täynnä tiikereitä ja krokotiileja? - On. Mutta kaksijalkaiset tiikerit ja krokotiilit ovat vaarallisempia kuin nelijalkaiset.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. we have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of living.

Es gibt weder Glück noch Unglück auf dieser Welt, es gibt nur eine Vergleichung eines Zustandes mit einem anderen und mehr nicht.

There is neither happiness nor misfortune in this world, there is merely a comparison between one state and another, nothing more. Only someone who has suffered the deepest misfortune is capable of experiencing the heights of felicity.

this is the secret of my conduct towards you. There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Non vi sono né felicità né infelicità assolute in questo mondo, vi è soltanto il paragone tra una condizione e l'altra, ecco tutto. Solo colui che ha provato l'estremo dolore è atto a gustare la più grande felicità.

Where did I meet him before - this buckbasket of fat, this full-moon face of purple, and this carriage of a sacred elephant?

the ladies of Italy have this advantage over those of France, that they are faithful even in their infidelity.

Ah! —dijo Montecristo—, es uno de los orgullos de nuestra pobre humanidad el creerse cada hombre más desgraciado que cualquier otro que gime y llora a su lado.

No hay ventura ni desgracia en el mundo, sino la comparación de un estado con otro, he ahí todo.

There is neither happiness nor misfortune in this world, there is merely the comparison between one state and another, nothing more.

No hay ventura ni desgracia en el mundo, sino la comparación de un estado con otro, he ahí todo. Sólo el que ha experimentado el como del infortunio puede sentir la felicidad suprema. Es preciso haber querido morir, amigo mío, para saber cuán buena y hermosa es la vida.

It is only by comparing the pains of actual being with the joys of the assumed existence, that you would desire to live no longer, but to dream thus forever.

les Italiennes ont du moins sur les Françaises l'avantage d'être fidèles à leur infidélité.

Lorsqu'on fait voir à un ami une ville qu'on a déjà vue, on y met la même coquetterie qu'à montrer une femme dont on a été l'amant.

There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Non esiste al mondo felicità né infelicità, esiste solo il confronto tra una condizione e un'altra, e basta. Solo chi ha provato la sventura estrema è adatto a sentire l'estrema felicità. Bisogna aver voluto morire, Maximilien, per sapere quanto è bello vivere.

In questo mondo non ci sono né felicità ne infelicità, esiste solo il confronto tra una condizione e l'altra, ecco tutto. Solo chi abbia provato l'estremo dolore è in grado di percepire l'estrema felicità. Bisogna aver voluto morire per sapere quanto è bello vivere.

las italianas tienen a lo menos sobre las francesas la ventaja de ser fieles a su infidelidad

There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live..... the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.

Bonaparte chantait presque aussi faux que Louis XV

Não existe felicidade nem infelicidade neste mundo, o que existe é comparação entre esses dois estados, nada mais. Só aquele que passou pelo extremo infortúnio pode sentir a extrema felicidade. É preciso ter querido morrer, Maximilien, para saber como é bom viver.