"Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before!"

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Source : Robert Blair (1851). “The Grave: A Poem”, p.37

Robert Blair

#Beauty Quotes #Heart Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.”

Source : Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.179, Syracuse University Press
“Fang felt a cold jolt, then dismissed it. Max wasnâ€™t dead. He would know, somehow. He would have felt it. The world still felt the same to him; therefore, Max was still in it.”
“We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong to humanity, a single wrong to justice and to right, particularly if it is universally, legally, nationally, commodiously accepted, that a single crime shatters and is sufficient to shatter the whole social pact, the whole social contract, that a single legal crime, a single dishonorable act will bring about the loss of ones honor, the dishonor of a whole people. It is a touch of gangrene that corrupts the entire body.”

Source : "Men and Saints". Book by Charles Péguy, transl. by Anne and Julian Green, p. 11, 1944.
“I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.”
“The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.”

Source : "Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.
“Just because I can't change everything, doesn't mean I shouldn't try to change anything at all.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”
“I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.”

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