sad-but-true

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35c8da4	We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That is, by an optimistic observer. The nine knaves assemble themselves under the banner of the most knavish among them, and become 'politicians'; the wise man stands out, because he knows himself to be hopelessly outnumbered, and devotes himself to poetry, mathematics, or philosophy; while the ninety fools plod off under the banners of the nine villains, according to fancy, into the labyrinths of chicanery, malice and warfare. It is pleasant to have command, observes Sancho Panza, even over a flock of sheep, and that is why the politicians raise their banners. It is, moreover, the same thing for the sheep whatever the banner. If it is democracy, then the nine knaves will become members of parliament; if fascism, they will become party leaders; if communism, commissars. Nothing will be different, except the name. The fools will be still fools, the knaves still leaders, the results still exploitation. As for the wise man, his lot will be much the same under any ideology. Under democracy he will be encouraged to starve to death in a garret, under fascism he will be put in a concentration camp, under communism he will be liquidated.	sad-but-true sword-sentiments political-science	T.H. White
1d2cdd5	...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.	lovesickness sad-but-true	J.R. Ward
8564f82	... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.	mankind man mind philosophical grand-plans imprisionment imprison when-plans-go-wrong when-things-fall-apart christopher-marlowe faustian faustus marlowe sad-but-true plans planning faust	E.A. Bucchianeri
e44d266	This generation seems to see children as a financial burden and responsibility to be avoided.	responsibility sad-but-true finances	Francine Rivers
09bb1d6	Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed.	prophetic-pragmatism social-satire sad-but-true	Jules Verne
0a00dcd	"lm 'kn '`rf kyf 'kwn 'y shy! lm 'stT` 'n 'kwn Hqwdan 'w Tyb lqlb, wl ndhlan 'w 'mynan, wl bTlan 'w Hshr@. nny '`ysh Hyty lan fy hdhh lzwy@, mhynan nfsy bmws@ Hqd@ Gyr mjdy@ ttmthl fy qwly lh: " an, w , ldhy ."	inspirational phylosophy life-truths ugly-truths sad-but-true life-philosophy	Fyodor Dostoyevsky
a81f3e8	Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?	marriage messed-up gone-girl sad-but-true thriller	Gillian Flynn
97c866a	Where would we be without our painful childhoods?	pain humorous depression past humor sad-but-true sad trauma psychology	Rebecca McNutt
70af45f	Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants. We put on display our framed photographs, our parchment diplomas, our silver-plated cups; we monogram our linen, we carve our names on trees, we scrawl them on washroom walls. It's all the same impulse. What do we hope from it? Applause, envy, respect? Or simply attention, of any kind we can get? At the very least we want a witness. We can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down.	fear self-conciousness sad-but-true human-condition powerful longing	Margaret Atwood
f35d24d	Some ghost of myself still lived back in the days when we'd shared a bed and talked of the future. But that love we'd had and those selves we'd been were gone, placed in a box like old photographs and letters you'd never read again.	sad-but-true	Dennis Lehane
9e558f0	And she realized, standing there, that in all her practical plans for marriage, she'd never thought about the simple pleasure of being loved.	lonely-love sad-but-true thoughts-on-life	Jude Watson
026d6d8	A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR: I am haunted by humans	sad-but-true	Markus Zusak

35c8da4

We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That is, by an optimistic observer. The nine knaves assemble themselves under the banner of the most knavish among them, and become 'politicians'; the wise man stands out, because he knows himself to be hopelessly outnumbered, and devotes himself to poetry, mathematics, or philosophy; while the ninety fools plod off under the banners of the nine villains, according to fancy, into the labyrinths of chicanery, malice and warfare. It is pleasant to have command, observes Sancho Panza, even over a flock of sheep, and that is why the politicians raise their banners. It is, moreover, the same thing for the sheep whatever the banner. If it is democracy, then the nine knaves will become members of parliament; if fascism, they will become party leaders; if communism, commissars. Nothing will be different, except the name. The fools will be still fools, the knaves still leaders, the results still exploitation. As for the wise man, his lot will be much the same under any ideology. Under democracy he will be encouraged to starve to death in a garret, under fascism he will be put in a concentration camp, under communism he will be liquidated.

sad-but-true sword-sentiments political-science

T.H. White

1d2cdd5

...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.

lovesickness sad-but-true

J.R. Ward

8564f82

... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.

mankind man mind philosophical grand-plans imprisionment imprison when-plans-go-wrong when-things-fall-apart christopher-marlowe faustian faustus marlowe sad-but-true plans planning faust

E.A. Bucchianeri

e44d266

This generation seems to see children as a financial burden and responsibility to be avoided.

responsibility sad-but-true finances

Francine Rivers

09bb1d6

Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed.

prophetic-pragmatism social-satire sad-but-true

Jules Verne

0a00dcd

"lm 'kn '`rf kyf 'kwn 'y shy! lm 'stT` 'n 'kwn Hqwdan 'w Tyb lqlb, wl ndhlan 'w 'mynan, wl bTlan 'w Hshr@. nny '`ysh Hyty lan fy hdhh lzwy@, mhynan nfsy bmws@ Hqd@ Gyr mjdy@ ttmthl fy qwly lh: " an, w , ldhy ."

inspirational phylosophy life-truths ugly-truths sad-but-true life-philosophy

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

a81f3e8

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

marriage messed-up gone-girl sad-but-true thriller

Gillian Flynn

97c866a

Where would we be without our painful childhoods?

pain humorous depression past humor sad-but-true sad trauma psychology

Rebecca McNutt

70af45f

Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants. We put on display our framed photographs, our parchment diplomas, our silver-plated cups; we monogram our linen, we carve our names on trees, we scrawl them on washroom walls. It's all the same impulse. What do we hope from it? Applause, envy, respect? Or simply attention, of any kind we can get? At the very least we want a witness. We can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down.

fear self-conciousness sad-but-true human-condition powerful longing

Margaret Atwood

f35d24d

Some ghost of myself still lived back in the days when we'd shared a bed and talked of the future. But that love we'd had and those selves we'd been were gone, placed in a box like old photographs and letters you'd never read again.

sad-but-true

Dennis Lehane

9e558f0

And she realized, standing there, that in all her practical plans for marriage, she'd never thought about the simple pleasure of being loved.

lonely-love sad-but-true thoughts-on-life

Jude Watson

026d6d8

A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR: I am haunted by humans

sad-but-true

Markus Zusak