All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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