Lord of
Lord of
literature merit findings
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
funny military humorous
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
idols people literature
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
oddities age
This is the age of oddities let loose.
humility eye hair
She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like to mine; But soften'd all, and temper'd into beauty; She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe: nor these Alone, but with them gentler powers than mine, Pity, and smiles, and tears-- which I had not; And tenderness-- but that I had for her; Humility-- and that I never had. Her faults were mine-- her virtues were her own-- I loved her, and destroy'd her!
hope truth pain
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
literature fortune all-things
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
tears literature form
Smiles form the channels of a future tear.
track steps glory
Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
scandal dissection form
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
sleep heaven silence
All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.
literature way shelley
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.
salt refinement expenses
A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense.
romance
Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.