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All nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance direction, which thou canst not see;
All discord harmony not understood;
All partial evil universal good;
And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite,
One truth is clear, ‘Whatever is, is right.
Alexander Pope1688–1744An Essay on Man (1733–1734), Epistle IIn context
- Good & Evil
By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes⁠—a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Room with a View (1908), Part One, Chapter IIIn context
- Hope
Pathos, piety, courage⁠—they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Passage to India (1924), Part II: Caves, Chapter XIVIn context
It’s no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965Of Human Bondage (1915), Chapter LXVIIIn context
- Advice
I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881Notes from Underground (1864), Part I: Underground, Chapter IXIn context
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881Notes from Underground (1864), Part I: Underground, Chapter IXIn context
I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881Notes from Underground (1864), Part I: Underground, Chapter VIIIIn context
I am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim?
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Kim (1901), Chapter XVIn context
A mystery is only a high-sounding term for a muddle.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Passage to India (1924), Part I: Mosque, Chapter VIIIn context
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 1:2 (KJV)In context
- Life & Death