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It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.
Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the read more
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end
Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other read more
Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only read more
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,
But blessedness dwells in the human breast.
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the read more
There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
Some may perchance, with strange surprise,
Have blundered into Paradise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.
The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.
