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William Davenant

"To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh, Add light to some small star. Philosopher. Whilst she yet lives, were stars decay'd, Their light by hers relief might find; But Death will lead her to a shade Where Love is cold and Beauty blind. Lover. Lovers, whose priests all poets are, Think every mistress, when she dies, Is changed at least into a star: And who dares doubt the poet wise? Philosopher. But ask not bodies doom'd to die To what abode they go; Since Knowledge is but Sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know."

Source : Sir William Davenant (1872). “Dramatic Works of William D'Avenant”, p.265

William Davenant

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“We have two distinct types of political organization to take into account; and clearly, too, when their origins are considered, it is impossible to make out that the one is a mere perversion of the other. Therefore when we include both types under a general term like government, we get into logical difficulties; difficulties of which most writers on the subject have been more or less vaguely aware, but which, until within the last half-century, none of them has tried to resolve.”
“The mountain rill Seeks with no surer flow the far bright sea, Than my unchang'd affections flow to thee.”
“You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value.”
“If you're starting out or trying to get to the next level, surround yourself with people who keep you motivated and energized - people who inspire you to achieve your best every day. When you do this, you can't lose.”
“If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!”
“If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.”
“It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.”
“We become the books we read.”

Source : Matthew Kelly (2012). “The Four Signs of A Dynamic Catholic: How Engaging 1% of Catholics Could Change the World”, p.64, BookBaby

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