We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
Alexandre DumasRead
One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.
Interpretation
Education is a lifelong journey that continues even after formal work is done.
Alexandre Dumas highlights the idea that while we may complete specific tasks or jobs in our professional lives, the pursuit of knowledge and personal growth through education is a continuous process that lasts a lifetime. This emphasizes the importance of staying curious and committed to learning, regardless of our accomplishments or age.
In practice
In a speech about personal development, one might say, 'Remember, one's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.'
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.
It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising
So much crap passes as information that not only does the audience sometimes miss the distinction between news and crap, the editors sometimes miss the distinction.
I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.
Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.
There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.
You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?
Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated, shredded, and boiled down, it is mind-easing and mind-inspiring to sit down privately with a congenial book.
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