Thoughtful Thursday

"To cheat one's self out of love is the greatest deception of which there is no reparation in either time or eternity."
- Soren Keirkegarrd

"Once a woman has forgiven a man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast."
- Marlene Dietrich

"It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part."
- Marcel Proust

"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."
- Booker Washington

"A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements."
- Arnold Bennett

"As in political, so in literary action, a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices."
- Joseph Conrad

"It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness."
- George Santayana