“To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy is success in life.”
Walter Pater
“Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.”
Neitzsche
“Open the second shutter, so that more light can come in.”
Goethe (last words)
“Die, my dear Doctor, that’s the last thing I shall do.”
Lord Palmerston (last words)
