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We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author
You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.
Glory to Women! They weave and entwine heavenly roses into an earthly life.
A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero
Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.
There, in the depths of sleep, is the communion of the living and the dead.
The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
Nowhere so busy a man as he there was And yet he seemed busier than he was.
Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to your mind.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians in sutes.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone. [Welcome evil, if thou comest alone.]
I do not write for the public. You are my public and I hope to convert you.
In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.
Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.
Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.
Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
The day is dark and cold and dreary; it rains, and the wind is never weary.
Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.
He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Farewell until eternity, where you and I shall not find ourselves together.
In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.
I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I wanted to be a poem.
Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world.
To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.
I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.
No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer.
The greater your real strength and power, the quieter it will be exercised.
A person is full of sorrow the way a burlap sack is full of stones or sand.
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.
... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
He could not die when the trees were green, For he loved the time too well.
All the best musicians started out in church; Jesus invented rock 'n' roll.
I'm not giving away sartorial secrets but the trousers I wear cost 19 quid.
I'm a great reader of credits; I never leave the cinema before they finish.