Paul Eldridge

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#far #far less #jealousy #less #love

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#dead #feathers #our #past #praises

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#footnotes #history #into #silent #transformation

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#brought #committed #crimes #escape #few

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#many #strangled #truth #truth is

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#die #him #idea #man #provided

Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#dead #lies #living #only #our

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#discovery #exceptions #profundity #rules #sole

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#endeavor #into #stuff #universe

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#cast #geniuses #new #roads #stones