Thetorment of human

Thetorment of human
Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
  

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There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.
The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.