“Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose.”
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“We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie.”
“Dobbin at manger pulls his hay: Gone is another summer’s day.”
“Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.”
“Three jolly huntsmen, In coats of red, Rode their horses Up to bed.”
“Tell them I came, and no one answered, That I kept my word," he said.”
“Actions may be laudable or blameable; but they cannot be reasonable.”
“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”
“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
“Hypothetical liberty is allowed to everyone who is not a prisoner and in chains.”
“It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.”
“Art may make a suit of clothes; but nature must produce a man.”
“The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness.”
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.”