Toboganes In English Quotes & Sayings

These solitary ones who are free in spirit know thatin one thing or another they must constantly put on an appearance that is different from the way they think; although they want nothing but truth and honesty, they are entangled in a web of misunderstandings. And despite their keen desire, they cannot prevent a fog of false opinions, of accommodation, of halfway concessions, of indulgent silence, of erroneous interpretation from settling on everything they do. And so a cloud of melancholy gathers around their brow, for such natures hate the necessity of appearances more than death, and their persistent bitterness about this makes them volatile and menacing. From time to time they take revenge for their violent selfconcealment, for their coerced constraint. They emerge from their caves with horrible expressions on their faces; at such times their words and deeds are explosions, and it is even possible for them to destroy themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche

All that matters is this moment and what you make of it, because the past is history and the future is just full of wishes that you can't foresee. — Austin V. Songer

Our profession is dreadful, writing corrupts the soul. — Leo Tolstoy

Bryzgalov isn't just a running comedy act. He's one of the league's most thoughtful players and the fact that he offers the insight he does in his second language is something he'll never get enough credit for. — Ilya Bryzgalov

You can just say the word "hair" to a woman, and she tells you the story of her life. — Elizabeth Benedict

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by nor outlived, nor, I believe, in the long run, denied. — Eudora Welty

We're terrible at realising what goes on in other people's heads because we are trapped inside our own. — Derren Brown

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate. — Charles Inglis

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think. — Chris Cornell