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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking read more
I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking Of Winston Churchill].
The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste read more
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not read more
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with
mischief as your goal. There are just too read more
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with
mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to
justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really
attractive.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.