Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.
We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate. The hour, some little time before sunset, and the place, the West Barricade, at the very spot where, a decade later, a proud tyrant raised an undying monument to the nation's glory and his own vanity.
Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.
Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat!
She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.
She, at least, ought to have known that he was wearing a mask, and having found that out, she should have torn it from his face, whenever they were alone together....Her love for him had been paltry and weak, easily crushed by her own pride
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers as we do, thinks with us, loves with us, and, above all, sins with us.
I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues.... I assure you little sins are far less dangerous and uncomfortable.
It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.
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© 2020 Inspirational Stories