I begin to find out that nothing but virtue will do in this damned world. I am tolerably sick of vice which I have tried in its ag...reeable varieties, and mean on my return to cut all my dissolute acquaintance and leave off wine and "carnal company," and betake myself to politics and Decorum.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riche...s will leave us sick; there will be bitterness in our laughter; and our wine will burn our mouth. Only that good profits, which we can taste with all doors open, and which serves all men.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm... That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S.... to the Soviet Union.... I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Look at this poet William Carlos Williams: he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places; he is w...ord-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what? Violence! This is the cult of the frontier mind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. Tha...t is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can you... see how high its towers rise above the houses.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
God keep your worship! I wish your worship well; God restore you to health! I humbly give you leave to depart; and if a merry meet...ing may be wished, God prohibit it!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Francisco. For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart.... Bernardo. Have you had quiet guard? Francisco. Not a mouse stirring.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »