Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

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A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a...

There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Let the beauty we love become the good we do.

Let the beauty we love become the good we do.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty...

I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...