I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
LORD BYRONThere are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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I am not now That which I have been.
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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
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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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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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