“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man”
“Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.”
Colley Cibber
“Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?”
Gao Xingjian
“Torment ensues the almost conquered man, who shares the regions of his mind, with two warring rivals. Where one enjoys the comforts of soothing light, the other is in disarray; needing total darkness, to remain unseen.”
Enrique Vega
“The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.”
