Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It
merely intensifies it. We can have but one great read more

Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It
merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at
best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as
often as possible.

And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its read more

And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its time,
And blanch, without the owner's crime,
The most resplendent hair.

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, read more

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from read more

But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from her.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step read more

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.