Author of quotes: Boleslaw Prus

Always and everywhere filled with sorrow the heart of man. In the wilderness offering him the lion and the Scorpion in the caves of the dragon, among flowers - poisonous snake. In the light of the sun by a greedy neighbor is plotting how to take away his land, by night wily thief finds the door to his pantry. As a child he is helpless, powerless in old age, in the Prime of life, surrounded by dangers as the whale water abyss.

... the people of Egypt in the days of his greatness were as if a single organism, in which the priests were thought, the Pharaoh will of the people as the body, and obedience the cement.

So, the state is not eternal, indestructible building to which the pharaohs should stone by stone to add to his great deeds, but rather a pile of sand, which every Lord pours as he pleases. No those narrow doors, called laws, through which every one, whoever he was - the farmer or the heir to the throne, must tilt the head. In this building there are different ins and outs: narrow - to small and weak, very wide and comfortable for strong.

In the face of the Sphinx was not cruelty - it is expression of resignation, and his smile seemed more sad than mocking. He mocked the misery and frailty of man, and did not seem to notice them. His expressive look to the sky eyes looked over the Nile, in the country, hidden from human sight. Did he alarming rise of the Assyrian monarchy or annoying Aetna the Phoenicians, foresaw the emergence of Greece or the events that are bearing down on the banks of the Jordan? Guess who?
One Ramses was able to say with certainty what the Sphinx is looking, thinking, and waiting for something with a calm smile worthy of supernatural beings. And, it seemed, when something appears on the horizon, the Sphinx will arise and go to meet him. What would it be and when? Secret key which has clearly drawn on the face of the Eternal. However, it must be done suddenly, since Sphinx never sleeps and looks... all looks...

Human stupidity is boundless as the sea. She can accommodate...

Crying into the realm of man, with a groan he leaves the ground. Full of fear he comes to life, full of bitterness descends into the grave, and no one asks him where he would like to stay.

Love demands freedom and time to cultivate the best flowers.

Indeed, my teacher was right when he warned me about women. You are like a ripe peach before the eyes of the man whose dry tongue from thirst. But only in appearance... Woe to the fool who will bite this beautiful fruit: instead of refreshing sweetness he will find inside a wasps nest, which wounded him not only the mouth but also the heart.

Very restless people, these women, thought the Prince. One only Sarah meek and quiet, and all the other only know how to talk, to cry and shout...

Where there are no perpetrators - should be at least punished. Not a crime, and the punishment that followed, teaches people that you can't do that.

Sadness as a treasure given to us for safekeeping. While watching him, even sleep fled from the eyes, and only becomes easier when you will find another guard.

There are women, like men, with mental defect, who do not know how to love anything other than his own fleeting whims, is the same flaw as deafness, blindness or paralysis, only less obvious.

- So here it is, my happiness? he thought. - What is available, I don't want and cling to what is not given in hand.

The worst loneliness is not something that surrounds us, and the emptiness inside.