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Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 read more
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge
Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for read more
Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.
Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.
Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak
ones.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak
ones.
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
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I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
Though it do well, I do not relish well
Their loud applause and aves vehement,
Nor do I think the man of safe discretion
That does not affect it.
