Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind.Oliver GoldsmithWrite now →Details & source
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There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue in his outward parts.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
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A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.Samuel JohnsonWrite now →Details & source
Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWrite now →Details & source
While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.Alexander PopeWrite now →Details & source
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,— These three alone lead life to sovereign power.Alfred TennysonWrite now →Details & source
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptibl…Edmund BurkeWrite now →Details & source
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Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a …William WordsworthWrite now →Details & source
We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heavin…Thomas HoodWrite now →Details & source
'T is not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,—we'll deserve it.Joseph AddisonWrite now →Details & source
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The keenest pangs the wretched find Are rapture to the dreary void, The leafless desert of the mind, The waste of fee…Lord ByronWrite now →Details & source
All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.Oliver GoldsmithWrite now →Details & source
Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know?Alexander PopeWrite now →Details & source
The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of …William WordsworthWrite now →Details & source
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight The tempest itself lags behind, And the swif…William CowperWrite now →Details & source
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.William WordsworthWrite now →Details & source
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.Francis BaconWrite now →Details & source