Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallowed house.
I am sent, with broom, before,
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Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallowed house.
I am sent, with broom, before,
To sweep the dust behind the door.

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we read more

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where tho' all things differ, all agree.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, read more

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second read more

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second bidding darkness fled,
Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.