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Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise.

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And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

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The English winter - ending in July to recommence in August

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Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.

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But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play at cards? Why drink? Why read? To make some hour less dreary. It occupies me to turn back regards On what I've seen or pondered, sad or cheery, And what I write I cast upon the stream To swim or sink. I have had at least my dream.

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Damn description, it is always disgusting.

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I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.

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Armenian is the language to speak with God.

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A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

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Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.

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I am no Platonist, I am nothing at all; but I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than one of the seventy-two villainous sects who are tearing each other to pieces for the love of the Lord and hatred of each other.

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A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense.

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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?

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My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears.

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Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister but change His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation.

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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

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Just as old age is creeping on space, And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day, They kindly leave us, though not quite alone, But in good company--the gout or stone.

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Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.

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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

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And hold up to the sun my little taper.

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