Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
LORD BYRONAnd gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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The lapse of ages changes all things – time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.
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Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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The heart will break, but broken live on.
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There 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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The leaves along the limpid streams of Eden? Is your course measur’d for ye? Or do ye Sweep on in your unbounded revelry Through an aerial universe of endless Expansion,–at which my soul aches to think,– Intoxicated with eternity.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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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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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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