What did Giacomo Leopardi mean by: Nothing in the world is so rare as a person one can always put up with. Giacomo Leopardi Copy
Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Ignorance, Rationality, Self-interest, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again — Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Dream, Freedom, Thought, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
In all climates, under all skies, man’s happiness is always somewhere else. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Dissatisfaction, Pursuit, Wanderlust, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Authenticity, Identity, Self-awareness, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Illusion, Life, Pleasure, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Humanity, Intolerance, Tolerance, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Contrast, Imagination, Perception, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Giacomo Leopardi, Communication, Contentment, Kindness, 0 Giacomo Leopardi
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
