John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton. (1803–1873) (continued) |
Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea. |
When Stars are in the quiet Skies. |
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Buy my flowers,—oh buy, I pray! The blind girl comes from afar. |
Buy my Flowers. |
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There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood. |
Kenelm Chillingly. |
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The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan. |
Night and Morning. Chap. vi. |
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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame—to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell. |
Last of the Barons. Book v. Chap. i. |
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A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. |
The Disowned. Chap. xxxiii. |
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The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self. |
The Disowned. Chap. xlii. |
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The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. |
Eugene Aram. Book i. Chap. vii. |
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Fate laughs at probabilities. |
Eugene Aram. Book i. Chap. x. |
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In science, read, by preference the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classics are always modern. |
Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture. |
Edwin Ransford. (1805–1876) |
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In the days when we went gypsying A long time ago; The lads and lassies in their best Were drest from top to toe. |
In the Days when we went Gypsying. |