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What if this present were the world's last night?


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No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.



No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.



Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.



Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.



Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?



Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.



What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?



Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.



More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.



When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.





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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

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Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'



I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love.

I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love.



At the Feast of Fortune, she'll awaken, and the demigods will be cut down like-- like---" "Like our low prices at Bargain Mart!" Stheno suggested.

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Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.



The way you find the answers to your problems will be unique to you.

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Tear your heart out of your chest. And hand it to God. There is no other healing. I swear, there is no other healing

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