What did Sigrid Undset mean by: Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson. Sigrid Undset Author · Norway Copy
Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another’s fate. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Destiny, Fate, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Attachment, Ownership, Possessions, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Desire, Exploration, Independence, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Fear, Harm, Love, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
The reason why I hated school so intensely [was that] it interfered with my freedom. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Conflict, Education, Freedom, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
I saw not till now what sin brings with it – that we must tread others underfoot. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Oppression, Realization, Sin, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
But I didn’t realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Sigrid Undset, Consequences, Sin, 0 Sigrid Undset Author · Norway
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
