The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes comfort derive misfortune
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. Aesop injuryscaleseldom Change image and share on social
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. Aesop insignificancesafety Change image and share on social
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. Aesop commitsidetruth Change image and share on social
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes. Sophocles amidangryapply Change image and share on social
If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it. Peter Jackson derivefilmfilmmaker share on social
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation. Eric Liu behaveboomerchild share on social
