Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-01
MARIE eAsHKIRTsEFF.

Love IS like a flask or spirits. II 1t
Is corhed tho odor Is strong, but If it Is
open it cvaporates."
'Oh, when we think, how unhappy is
man! An animal may show the face he
plcases; he need not smile IL he feels
like crying; he need not meet his kind
IL he does not wish; but man is the
slave of all and every thing"
1.-The heart is q lump of flesh con-
nected with the brain by u slight cord;
the brain in its turn receives the news
through tho eyes and ears; but 1t is ever
the heart which speaks, because the cord
is touched and agitates it, causing the
blood to rush to tho face"
"With one person in your heart there
Is no room for another; but as soon as 1t
Is vacant another may take entire pos
session without much eXertion."
81 feel sorry for those poor untortu-
mates who, having no real SORROWS, make
martyrs of themselves for want of some
thing to do
eff we think we love no one it Is q
mistake. If the object of our affection
is not man it is dog or piece of fur
niture, and we love as strongly, only in
another way"
''Let us love dogs and dogs only; men
and cats are unworthy beings"
81 dcspise men profoundly, and from
conviction. They have not what seek
and hope fora good and perfect soul.
Those w 0 are good are stupid, and
those who are intelligent are either
schemers or are too much occupied with
their intellect to be good"
''Through vanity and ambition We
strive to appear good before others, and
ii only momentary it is better than
never"
''There are peaceful souls, there are
beautiful deeds, and there are honest
hearts; but they are so rarely to be met
with that VIC must not confound them
with tho rest of the world"
"How often q word or q gesture will
bring about something which has been
long time preparing, and for the spring.
ing into life Of which this little shock
was necessary"
"Vanity! Vanity! Vanity! The be-
ginning and the end of all things, and
the eternal and sole cause of all things"
ga certain amount of sin is ne neces-
sary to mans life as certain amount
of air"
"Why do men remain bound to the
earth? Why does the weight of their
conscience drag them down? If their
conscience were pure they would be too
light and they would fly away toward
the skies like red balloons"
"There Is nothing like an occupied
mind. Work, especially brain work,
fights and conquers every thing"
zone never regrets kindness, a gem
f1nnnSQ ut If ;o1
impulse, except when one is repaid with
ingratitude. And it is a very great sor-
row for person who has any heart to
know that the sympathy one has felt,
the friendship one has had for some one,
is wasted"
Friendship IL not duty. You do
neither right nor wrong in giving a
friendship"
'Once thought loved every BODY,
but see that that universal love was
only universal indifference"
zone should remember injuries onlv
when one Is In position to be
avenged"
Zone lives but onco! Must this life,
short as it is, be shortened still more,
spoiled, stolen? Yes. stolen by out.
rageous circumstances"
ITO live hundred years, to learn
years"
why is it so delightful to hear the
confession Of suffering which you your
self have caused? Tho more unhappy
one is for love Of you, the more happy
you are"
"Music Is traitoress, beware Of her.
She makes you do many things you would
not do If your head were cool. She seizes
hold Of you, twines herself about you,
makes you lose your senses, and then
1t is terrible"
"rho finest deeds have their founda-
ton in egotism."
''Thore are three periods of youth
from sixteen to twenty, from twenty to
and from twenty-five to--to
whatever you wish. Tho other periods
which have been invented are only con-
la fipro nd or