The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.
By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief.
The true nature of all wealth is temporary; those who have wealth must here and now do good deeds that will live for a long time.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.
It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.
When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.