Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Quote by Owen Meredith

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The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul...

Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul...

Thought alone is eternal

Thought alone is eternal

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

Let any man show the world that he feels Afraid of its bark and 't...

Let any man show the world that he feels Afraid of its bark and 't...

There is nothing certain in a mans life but that he must lose it.

There is nothing certain in a mans life but that he must lose it.

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness...

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness...

I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it...

I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to...

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to...

Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?

Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?

Life is act, and not to do is death.

Life is act, and not to do is death.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour...

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're...

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're...