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Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.
Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always read more
What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
