The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly
the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a
harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of
beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two
noblest of things"--as Swift . . . most happily calls them in his
Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and
light."
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door.
The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and
light.
The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and
light.
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Sweet like candy to my soul ~~ Sweet you rock and sweet you roll ~~ Lost for you I’m so read more
Sweet like candy to my soul ~~ Sweet you rock and sweet you roll ~~ Lost for you I’m so lost for you
To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an
interminable tedious sweetness.
To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an
interminable tedious sweetness.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
