Elijah Fenton famous quotes
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Beware of flattery, 'tis a weed Which oft offends the very idol--vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.
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O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods; and only mocks the great, With empty pageantries!
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Those elegant delights of jig and vaulting.
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Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.
-- Elijah Fenton
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60′s or 70′s recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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I suggest you to do war but never love because in war either you live or you die. But in love neither you live nor you die.
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The body is imaginary, and we bow to the tyranny of a phantom. Love is a privilege perception, the most total and lucid not only of the unreality of the world but of our own unreality: not only do we traverse a realm of shadows; but ourselves are shadows.
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I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that youre really not. Real love is different.
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Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.
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To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.
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Until you value yourself, you can't expect anyone else to do so.
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