All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.

Quote by Richard Le Gallienne

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It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more...

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more...

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions

All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some...

All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some...

Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than...

Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than...

More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only...

More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only...

If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame...

If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame...

Though actually the work of man's hands - or, more properly speaking, the work of...

Though actually the work of man's hands - or, more properly speaking, the work of...

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a...

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a...

It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of...

It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of...

Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the...

Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the...

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions.

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions.

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance,...

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance,...

Nature is forever arriving and forever departing, forever approaching, forever vanishing; but in her vanishings...

Nature is forever arriving and forever departing, forever approaching, forever vanishing; but in her vanishings...

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every...

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every...

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.

Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all

O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient...

O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient...