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How happy is he born or taught,
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And...
Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to...
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.
Source: Preface to the...
In Architecture as in all other Operative Arts, the end is to build well. Well building hath three Conditions....
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Source: In
The thirst to know and understand,
A large and liberal discontent.
Source:...
And must I wholly banish hence
These red and golden juices,
And pay my vows to Abstinence,
That pallidest of...
We hold our hate too choice a thing
For light and careless lavishing.
Source:...
Pain with the thousand teeth.
Source: The Dream of Man.
-- William Watson, (Aug...
April, April,
Laugh thy girlish laughter;
Then, the moment after,
Weep thy girlish...
His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds...
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the...
Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the...
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the...
Habit with him was all the test of truth,
It must be right: I've done it from my youth.
Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.
Source: Tale XIV., The Struggles...
Oh! rather give me commentators plain,
Who with no deep researches vex the brain;
Who from the dark and doubtful...