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Great sorrows cannot speak.


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No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.



No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.



Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.



Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.



Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?



Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.



What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?



Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.



More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.



When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.





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There is nothing more secure in a relationship than a sense of insecurity.



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The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.



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