They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

Mocking laughter from Hell.

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.

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

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...

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

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.

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...

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.

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...