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There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing. To wander along by the wind-beaten hill. But the day star attracted his eyes' sad devotion, For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean, Where once in the fire of his youthful emotion He sang the bold anthem of Erin-go-bragh.
Topic: Ireland
Author: Thomas Campbell
Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun, Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
Topic: Chastity
Author: Thomas Moore
There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.
Topic: Computer Science
Author: P W Bridgman
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Topic: Experience
Author: Lord Byron
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
Topic: Quiet
Author: Latin Proverb
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Topic: Disease
Author: Francis Bacon
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
Topic: Idleness
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
Topic: Politics Government
Author: Robert Heinlein
We see things not as they are but as we are.
Topic: Sight
Author: John Milton
Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence! - Horace Smith and James Smith,
Topic: Visions
Author: Horace James Smith
Auribus teneo lupum I have the wolf by the ears
Topic: Proverbs:Latin
Author: Proverb
Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings The animal made by human commitee had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet .. frog's legs the frogs now had no legs chicken's thighs the chickens now had no thighs lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved sheep's eyes which watched the devourers calf brains which contained Mad Cow and God sent angels to wipe all violence from the earth from this day forth © S N Shriver.
Topic: Absurdity
Author: S N Shriver
In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears.
Topic: Love lost
Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
You know I met you, Kist you, and prest you close within my arms, With all the tenderness of wifely love.
Topic: Wives
Author: John Dryden
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
Topic: Soul
Author: Saint Aurelius Augustine
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act,--act in the living Present! Heart within and God o'erhead.
Topic: Future
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Feast of Andrew the Apostle Without ordinances, men would be much more mischievous and ungovernable than dogs and cattle. And few have come to the knowledge of the truth, but what have begun with holy practices and ordinances, and exercised themselves therein so long as they knew nothing more nor better.
Topic: Christianity
Author: Theologia Germanica