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.
LORD BYRONThe great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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I live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet all invincible instinct of life, which I abhor, as I despise myself, yet cannot overcome – and so I live. Would I had never lived!
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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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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