A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

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As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.