“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine. What is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.” – Susan Sontag
Month: February 2025
“Be extra wary around people who display such emphatic traits. It is very easy to get caught up in the appearance and first impression. Watch for the signs and emergence of the opposite over time.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature
“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men…seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.” – Jean de La Bruyere
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” – Sir Isaac Newton
“You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite invisible to me.”
“Not invisible but unnoticed Watson. You did not know where to look, and so you missed all that was important. I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumbnails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.”
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity
“People will tend to leak out more of their true feelings, and certainly hostile ones, when they are drunk, sleepy, frustrated, angry, or under stress. They will later tend to excuse this, as if they weren’t themselves for the moment, but in fact they were actually being more themselves than ever.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature
“Whenever you experience unusual gains or losses, that is precisely the time to step back and counterbalance them with some necessary pessimism or optimism. Be extra wary of sudden success and attention — they are not built on anything that lasts and they have an addictive pull. And the fall is always painful.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature
“Rational people can readily admit their own irrational tendencies and the need to be vigilant. On the other hand, irrational people become highly emotional when challenged about the emotional roots of their decisions. They are incapable of introspection and learning. Their mistakes make them increasingly defensive.” – Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature
“If you don’t know what you’re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head. Don’t just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow.” – Mark Manson, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.” – Mark Manson, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck
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