Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art
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...it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. Nothing is more real th
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After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed's dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor.
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a m
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If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty
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The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels.
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us may realize who live in countries where freedom of
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