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The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

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The chambers in the house of dreams Are fed with so divine an air, That Time's hoary wings grow young therein, And they who walk there are most fair.

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All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.

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Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

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For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

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An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.

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Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.

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My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection.

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What is the main thing in love? to know and to hide. To know about the one you love and to hide that you love. At times the hiding (shame) overpowers the knowing (passion). The passion for the hidden - the passion for the revealed.

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A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

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I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

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Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

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Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

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A little, round, fat, oily man of God.

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Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

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I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

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But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at duck or plover, Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

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But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

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