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Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of read more
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of a Jew.
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its read more
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than read more
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;
That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
Satan; so call him now, his former name
Is heard no more in heaven.
Satan; so call him now, his former name
Is heard no more in heaven.
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman read more
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.