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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
Smooth out with wine the worries of a wrinkled brow.
Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]
When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.
I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.
Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.
Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.
We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.
At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.
Life's major challenge: getting reborn often enough.
We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.
The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accurst.
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
The art of genius is knowing how far out is too far.
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.
My wound existed before me; I was born to embody it.
Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.
Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.
Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
The good is always beautiful, the beautiful is good!
If woman lost us Eden, such As she alone restore it.
What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.
Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.
All the literati keep at least one imaginary friend.
I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
What day is so festal it fails to reveal some theft?
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
Allow yourself to be out of your depth at all times.
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
Our pain carves out a larger space for love to fill.
For truth and the spirit will abide with the morrow.