Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent…

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Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side...

Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side...

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its...

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its...

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is...

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is...

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will...

We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you...

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power...

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power...

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it...

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it...

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.