"Fear is the beginning of wisdom."

-- Eugenie de Guerin

“O months of blossoming, months of transfigurations, May without cloud and June stabbed to the heart, I shall not ever forget the lilacs or the roses Nor those the spring has kept folded away apart.”
“Anything worth doing is worth 100%.”
“An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.”
“I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“Get to know me and see who I am.”
“Humid seal of soft affections, Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, Dearest tie of young connections, Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.”
“Gay love, God save it, so soone hotte, so soone colde.”

Source : William Tydeman, Nicholas Udall (1984). “Four tudor comedies”, Penguin Classics
“Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before his eyes!”

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