Matthew Arnold ( 10 of 61 )
Wandering between two worlds, one dead,/ The other powerless to be born.
Wandering between two worlds, one dead,/ The other powerless to be born.
I must not say that she was true,
Yet let me say that she was fair;
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I must not say that she was true,
Yet let me say that she was fair;
And they, that lovely face who view,
They should not ask if truth be there.
With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the read more
With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern.
They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that
he may live.
They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that
he may live.
Saw life steadily and saw it whole.
Saw life steadily and saw it whole.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
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Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."
Culture is "To know the best that has been said and thought in
the world."
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
