| Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. -- Oscar Wilde |
| Author:
Wilde, OscarEra:
1854 |
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| The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool. -- The Hitopadesa |
| Author:
Hitopadesa, TheEra:
600 |
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| The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. -- I Ching |
| Author:
Ching, IEra:
-1150 |
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| One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. -- Pierre Reverdy |
| Author:
Reverdy, PierreEra:
1889 |
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| Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. -- Lord Byron |
| Author:
Byron, LordEra:
1788 |
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| The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze. -- Buddha |
| Author:
BuddhaEra:
-568 |
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| Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. -- Buddha |
| Author:
BuddhaEra:
-568 |
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| Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. -- Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton |
| Author:
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward RobertEra:
1803 |
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| But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed. -- George Colman |
| Author:
Colman, GeorgeEra:
1762 |
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| Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. -- Cervantes |
| Author:
CervantesEra:
1547 |
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| Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. -- I Ching |
| Author:
Ching, IEra:
-1150 |
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| The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation. It is not anxious about things and yet is plans well. Heaven's net is indeed vast. Though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing. -- Lao-Tzu |
| Author:
Lao-TzuEra:
-604 |
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| Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe |
| Author:
Goethe, Johann VonEra:
1749 |
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