"Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure."

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Source : Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.60

Robert Southwell

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“Want is the mistress of invention”

Source : Susanna Centlivre (1746). “The Busie Body. A comedy ... The fifth edition”, p.9
“No god save self, that is the way to live ...”
“Until your personality has exhausted its obsession with running the show, your soul isnâ€™t given the space to express itself. Your personality can be threatened by your soul, because your personality has controlled your life for a long time and doesnâ€™t want to give up control. Your personality is like a wild horse that tries to throw off the rider trying to tame it. The rider is your soul.”
“Humans were always surprising me.”
“And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.”
“The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.”
“I have something to tell you." "How, you have something to tell me?" "You have understood me exactly." "Well, I am listening." "Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you?" "Yes, that is it. I am listening, and therefore I wish you to tell me." "Shall I tell you now?" "No.”
“Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.”

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