4/28 It is not the strength, but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men. He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it. Many a peacock hides his tail from every eye--and calls it his pride. A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possess at least two things besides: gratitude and purity. The degree and nature of a man's sensuality extends to the highest altitudes of his spirit. |