Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull
LORD BYRONAbsence – that common cure of love.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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I have not loved the world, nor the world me.
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A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
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