#his

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. ↗

— Confucius

#difficulty #first #his #interest #later

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. ↗

— Paul Valery

#companion #created #feel #finding #gave

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where. ↗

— William Congreve

#i #know #secret #where #whispered

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task. ↗

— William Congreve

#fellow #find #fool #hard #his

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#chances #end-all #fan #freddie #freddie mercury

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#entice #filing #great #great writer #his

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#cannot #classes #his #leisure #member

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#betraying #bond #conscience #country #first

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#away #bird #call #destroyed #gone