- A man, to be greatly good, must magine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and in many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
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- Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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- History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man.
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- I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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- Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory;
Odors, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Percy Bysshe Shelley » - Our sweetest songs are those that tell the saddest thoughts.
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- Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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- Rough wind, that moanest loudGrief too sad for songWild wind, when sullen cloudKnells all the night longSad storm, whose tears are vain,Bare woods, whose branches strain,Deep caves and dreary main, - Wail, for the world's wrong
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- The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.
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- We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.
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- We look before and after, And pine for what is not Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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