God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.William CowperWrite now →Details & source
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.Alexander PopeWrite now →Details & source
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom…Percy Bysshe ShelleyWrite now →Details & source
I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.Percy Bysshe ShelleyWrite now →Details & source
This could but have happened once,— And we missed it, lost it forever.Robert BrowningWrite now →Details & source
So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil.John DrydenWrite now →Details & source
When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years.Lord ByronWrite now →Details & source
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger…Thomas GrayWrite now →Details & source
Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore.Ralph Waldo EmersonWrite now →Details & source
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.Alexander PopeWrite now →Details & source
Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! Life's a short summer, man a flower; He di…Samuel JohnsonWrite now →Details & source
Sappho survives, because we sing her songs; And Æschylus, because we read his plays!Robert BrowningWrite now →Details & source
When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but nam…Ralph Waldo EmersonWrite now →Details & source
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.Edmund BurkeWrite now →Details & source
What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?John MiltonWrite now →Details & source
Abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely.John MiltonWrite now →Details & source
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.Ralph Waldo EmersonWrite now →Details & source