Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest. Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers. Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest and weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!

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You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little...

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little...

Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love,...

Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love,...

And all is right as right can be.

And all is right as right can be.

Man is nature's sole mistake.

Man is nature's sole mistake.

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you...

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you...

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we...

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we...

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

I hate it when you're trying not to cry in front of someone, but as...

I hate it when you're trying not to cry in front of someone, but as...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

Pride to ride only when there is nothing to hide and humanity to abide.

Pride to ride only when there is nothing to hide and humanity to abide.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Never call a girl fat. You never know how far she'll go to be the...

Never call a girl fat. You never know how far she'll go to be the...

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others;...

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others;...

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best...

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best...