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I like this word decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold.
Chameleons feed on light and air: Poets food is love and fame.
The crime of inquiry is one which religion never has forgiven.
Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.
The truly valiant dare everything but doing anybody an injury.
Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
Stand up during supper and walk outdoors, and keep on walking.
Never believe fate is more than the condensation of childhood.
Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you.
whether they write poems or don't write poems, poets are best.
Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.
Most men who rail against women are railing at one woman only.
All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.
What we most value, we shall think no pains too great to gain.
Paganism attributes the creation of the world to blind chance.
Silence is the speech of love, The music of the spheres above.
A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
Must in death your daylight finish? My sun sets to rise again.
No thought which ever stirred A human breast should be untold.
The curious crime, the fine Felicity and flower of wickedness.
From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea.
Poetry, like love, is something we never truly say goodbye to.
What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?
Fair or foul the lot apportioned life on earth, we bear alike.
Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie.
It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.
Word I was in my life alone, / Word I had no one left but God.
The people I want to hear about are the people who take risks.
I believe in teaching, but I don’t believe in going to school.
An idea comes as near to something for nothing as you can get.
I do love I know not what; Sometimes this, and sometimes that.
But the unfaithful priest, what tongue Enough, shall execrate?
One fault begets another; one crime renders another necessary.
Curses are like young chickens, theyalways come home to roost.
Christianity is warfare, and Christians are spiritualsoldiers.
All that is beautiful shall abide, All that is base shall die.
No matter how expected, death is always the ultimate surprise.
Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.
Love is a sweet thing caught a momentand held in a golden eye.
There is only one search: wandering... no dogma and no heresy.
Prayer clears the mist and brings back peace to the Soul . . .
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in Love.