For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from...

Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from...

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but...

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but...

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished...

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished...

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.