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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
Softness of smile indicates softness of character.
The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.
Where then shall hope and fear their objects find?
The gray glaze of the past attacks all know-how...
Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.
I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.
There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee
The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A felon's cell-- The fittest earthly type of hell!
Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu
A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory.
Works of genius are the first things in the world.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.
No war or battle sound Was heard the world around.
Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.
Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
Creativity is an unending exercise in uncertainty.
Who included me among the ranks of the human race?
Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
The love of money grows as the money itself grows.
Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
The main thing is to know something and to say it.
Wealth covers sin - the poor / Are naked as a pin.
Wariness about change is a kind of prairie wisdom.
A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
In London, Man is the most secret animal on earth.
The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire.
Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.
Conscience, like a child, is soon lulled to sleep.
Youth is slipping, dripping, pearl on pearl, away.
What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?
You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.
The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner.
How easy it is, treachery. You just slide into it.
I am my mother's daughter,... I am her only novel.
I think we validate our lives through our actions.