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Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.
Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.
That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust
That measures all our time; which also shall
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust
That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust.
Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.
Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no
less are thoughts of mortality read more
To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no
less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul.
"O Charidas, what of the underworld?"
"Great darkness."
"And what of the resurrection?"
"A read more
"O Charidas, what of the underworld?"
"Great darkness."
"And what of the resurrection?"
"A lie."
"And Pluto?"
"A fable; we perish utterly."
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool,
Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;
At fifty, read more
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool,
Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;
At fifty, chides his infamous delay,
Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,
In all the magnanimity of thought;
Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.
And why? because he thinks himself immortal,
All men think all men mortal but themselves.