“The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.”
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Sad Quotes — page 208 of 475
“The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.”
“The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.”
“Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
“A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven for human blood. Each outcry of the hunted hare A fibre from the brain does tear, A skylark wounded on the wing, A cherubim does cease to sing.”
“Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.”
“Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear?”
“All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
“God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery.”
“Ah! never shall the land forget.”
“Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.”
“I Sing what was lost and dread what was won, / I walk in a battle fought over again.”
“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.”
“Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart.”
“Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest.”
“I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.”
“yet it seems Life scarce can cast a fragrance on the wind, Scarce spread a glory to the morning beams, But the torn petals strew the garden plot; And there's but common greenness after that.”
“To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful.”
“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”
“The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors. It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.' Come in, come in,' the Prince said gently. 'Maybe we can help you.' She sat down in the same chair as before. 'All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me.' Westley, my passion, my sweet, my only my own. Come back, come back. I shall kill myself otherwise. Yours in torment, Buttercup.' She looked at Humperdinck. 'Well? Do you think I'm throwing myself at him?”