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Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!
Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more
Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.
Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, read more
Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect-- But tell me the truth.
If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime.
If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
