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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. ”
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. ”
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. ”
I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. ”
The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. ”
A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love. ”
Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. ”
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress. ”
This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air. ”
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. ”