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What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.
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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
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For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.
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As winds come whispering lightly from the West, Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.
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My native land, good night!
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Thy decay's still impregnate with divinity.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise.
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I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.
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Yet smelt roast meat, beheld a huge fire shine, And cooks in motion with their clean arms bared.
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A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering “I will ne'er consent”—consented.
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And wrinkles, the damned democrats, won't flatter.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
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If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine,And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?
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A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.
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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
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O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour.
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The 'good old times' - all times when old are good -Are gone.
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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
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Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.
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A good coach encourages the same type of resilience in the people they work with. They encourage them to take risks. If the risk results in failure, they help all people to learn from the mistake and then go on to try another way.
Lord Byron