I don\'t stand for the black man\'s side, I don\' t stand for the white man\'s side. I stand for read more

I don\'t stand for the black man\'s side, I don\' t stand for the white man\'s side. I stand for God\'s side.

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in read more

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

Thou who hast
The fatal gist of beauty.

Thou who hast
The fatal gist of beauty.

Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.”

Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.”

The ladies of St. James's!
They're painted to the eyes;
Their white is stays for ever,
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The ladies of St. James's!
They're painted to the eyes;
Their white is stays for ever,
Their red it never dies;
But Phyllida, my Phillida!
Her colour comes and goes;
It trembles to a lily,--
It wavers to a rose.

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.

Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
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Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,
Her virtues were so rare.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.