All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

Quote by Robert Southey

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They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper...

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if...

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if...

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing...

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

The return makes one love the farewell

The return makes one love the farewell

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action