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Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?


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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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You just had to get some idea of what matters and what doesn't, and how much, and try not to be scared of the stuff that doesn't. Put it in perspective.



If free enterprise becomes a proselytizing holy cause, it will be a sign that its workability and advantages have ceased to be self-evident.

If free enterprise becomes a proselytizing holy cause, it will be a sign that its workability and advantages have ceased to be self-evident.



I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.



She'd loved him as much as he'd let her. More than he'd let her.

She'd loved him as much as he'd let her. More than he'd let her.



In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.



You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.

You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.



Success tends to bless those who are most committed to giving it the most attention.

Success tends to bless those who are most committed to giving it the most attention.



Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.



The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism.

The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism.




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