A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there. A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to […]
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H. L. Mencken Funny Quotes
Posted: 8th June 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: alimony, animal, beautiful, bore, children, church, cynic, democracy, election, faith, funny, H.L, heaven, idealist, love, machine, man, married, Mencken, newspaper, politician, professor, quotes, sunday, thought
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Albert Camus-quotes and excerpts from his written works
Posted: 28th May 2011 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: albert, camus, Earth, evil, excerpts, freedom, happiness, history, human, idealist, ideology, imagination, justice, life, live, love, man, meaning, memories, quotes, reason, sea, stars, stupidity, suicide, war, world
Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die. I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now […]