Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve,—how exquisite the bliss!Robert BurnsWrite now →Details & source
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest so…Percy Bysshe ShelleyWrite now →Details & source
Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, rep…William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.LaoziWrite now →Details & source
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
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There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.Ralph Waldo EmersonWrite now →Details & source
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.Edmund BurkeWrite now →Details & source
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.Oliver GoldsmithWrite now →Details & source
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.Alexander PopeWrite now →Details & source