“The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.”
Samuel Johnson
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“The pleasures of love are really quite wonderful--though I suspect they are rather a luxury and require a certain level of socioeconomic stability to be anything other than a mode of suffering.”
Samuel R. Delany
Conversations with Samuel R. Delany
“Beauty is single. Only ugliness is multiple, and even then its multiplicity is soon exhausted.”
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Les Diaboliques
“If people who rely on natural spring of talent suddenly find they're exhausted their only source, they're in trouble.”
Haruki Murakami
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Truth often sacrificed for the sake of stability and peace.”
Toba Beta
My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
Leonardo da Vinci