Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
LORD BYRONNewton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
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To have joy, one must share it.
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I am not now That which I have been.
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
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I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.
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A drop of ink may make a million think.
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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.
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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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