Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge women only by what can be seen. But those who really know women understand that the eye reveals only a minute fraction of what a woman can offer us. When God bade mankind be fruitful and multiply, Doctor, He was thinking of the ugly as well as of the beautiful. I am convinced I might add, that the aesthetic criterion does not come from God but from the devil. In paradise no distinction was made between ugliness and beauty.
Milan KunderaStichwörter: beauty
Even painful memories are ties that bind.
Milan KunderaStichwörter: memory
Long ago one of the Cynic philosophers strutted through the streets of Athens in a torn mantle to make himself admired by everyone by displaying his contempt for convention. One day Socrates met him and said: 'I see your vanity through the hole in your mantle.' Your dirt too, sir, is vanity, and your vanity is dirty.
Milan KunderaStichwörter: vanity
Having a child is to show an absolute accord with mankind. If I have a child, it's as though I'm saying: I was born and have tasted life and declare it so good that is merits being duplicated.
Milan KunderaI am not in favor of imposing happiness on people. Everyone has a right to his bad wine, to his stupidity, and to his dirty fingernails.
Milan KunderaJealousy is like a raging toothache. One cannot do anything when one is jealous, not even sit down. Once can only come and go. Back and forth.
Milan KunderaStichwörter: jealousy
Even a life of suffering has a mysterious value. Even a life on the threshold of death is a thing of splendor. Anyone who has not looked death in the face does not know this, but I know it ...
Milan KunderaChantal se siente a salvo, porque la voz de Jean-Marc es la voz del amor, la voz cuya existencia había olvidado en aquellos momentos de desconcierto, la voz del amor que la acaricia y la relaja, pero para la que todavía no está preparada; como si esa voz llegara de lejos, de demasiado lejos; tendrá que escucharla aún durante bastante tiempo para creer en ella.
Milan KunderaStichwörter: amor
ذلك أن شغف المعرفة عند الروائي لا يستهدف السياسة ولا التاريخ. ما الجديد الذي بإمكان روائي أن يكتشفه حول الأحداث الموصوفة والمناقشة في آلاف الكتب الرصينة المتنوعة؟
Milan Kunderaللتجديدات الشكلية التي يقوم بها الأساتذة الكبار, دائماً, أمر ما خفي, وتلك هي علامة التجويد الكبرى. التجديد لا يبدو ذا نزوع للفت الإنتباه إلا عند الأساتذة الصغار.
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