There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.
Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.'… - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.'…
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.
Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work.
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character.
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.
On an exhausted field, only weeds grow. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
On an exhausted field, only weeds grow.
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.
But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.
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