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There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of death the poets have eloquently spoken. They command the world's sympathy. But there are also discreditable anguishes, no less excruciating than the others, but of which the sufferer dare not, cannot speak. The anguish of thwarted desire, for example.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Aldous Huxley |

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Christian Nevell Bovee |

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Henry Mencken |

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | H L Mencken |