I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his…

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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.