A billion here, a
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Everett Dirksen
Pathos
The pathos of it
The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class. Emma Goldman
The pathos of life
The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy. Ellen Glasgow
All perfect things are
All perfect things are saddening in effect. The autumn wood robed in its scarlet clothes, The matchless tinting on the royal rose Whose velvet leaf by no least flaw is flecked. Love’s supreme moment, when the soul unchecked Soars high as heaven, and its best rapture knows, These hold a deeper pathos than our woes, … Read more
Whenever you find humour,
Whenever you find humour, you find pathos close by its side. Edwin Percy Whipple
Always like to look
Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. Edward Dahlberg
This is a man
This is a man with an old face, always old… There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. The early weariness; and sometimes tears in his eyes, Which he let slip unconsciously on his cheek, Or brushed away with an unconcerned hand. There were tears for human suffering, or for a glance Into … Read more
Pathos, piety, courage, they
Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. E. M. Forster
For a wonderful physical
For a wonderful physical tie binds the parents to the children; and – by some sad, strange irony – it does not bind us children to our parents. For if it did, if we could answer their love not with gratitude but with equal love, life would lose much of its pathos and much of … Read more
[Heraclitus had] the highest
[Heraclitus had] the highest form of pride [stemming] from a certainty of belief in the truth as grasped by himself alone. He brings this form, by its excessive development, into a sublime pathos by involuntary identification of himself with his truth. Friedrich Nietzsche