“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
“People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...”
“If you participate in life, you don’t see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The artist, to my way of thinking, is a monstrosity, something outside nature. All the misfortunes Providence inflicts on him come from his stubborness in denying that maxim.”
“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.”
“It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.”
“Too much good taste can be boring”