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I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

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I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited.

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Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal.

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Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.

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All human history attests That happiness for man, - the hungry sinner! - Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. ~Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIII, stanza 99

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Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.

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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

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Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave.

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It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real presence, confession, absolution, - there is something sensible to grasp at. Besides, it leaves no possibility of doubt; for those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find any thing else otherwise than easy of digestion.

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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.

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Egeria! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting-place so fair As thine ideal breast.

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Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.

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To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

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Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

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A good coach encourages the same type of resilience in the people they work with. They encourage them to take risks. If the risk results in failure, they help all people to learn from the mistake and then go on to try another way.

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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

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I have not loved the World, nor the World me; I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed To its idolatries a patient knee, Nor coined my cheek to smiles,-nor cried aloud In worship of an echo.

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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

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O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

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