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So little cause for carolingsOf such ecstatic soundWas written on terrestrial thingsAfar or nigh around,That I could think there trembled throughHis happy good-night airSome blessed hope, whereof he knewAnd I was unaware.

Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted." "Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?" "A blighted one.

Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson's damn.

Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted." "Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?" "A blighted one.

The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among things done, but among things willed.

I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife" - Hannibal Lecter

The British government — any government — is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.

The privilege of absurdity to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.

Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated

By making this wine vine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

I don't know about you, but I think nine out of ten college guys would agree: More cold beer in the same space is a genuine innovation.

Donald Trump, looking after his own profits, was particularly vocal in his opposition to Native gaming.

Andy was one of those delightful combinations of bigotry and ignorance, an arrogant man who had no mind to speak of and spoke it.

What outcries call me from my naked bed?

Aye, danger mix'd with jealous despite Shall send thy soul into eternal night!

When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes.

Violence without violation is only a noise heard by no one, the most horrendous sound in the universe.

Not drunk is he who from the floorCan rise alone and still drink more;But drunk is he who prostrate lies,Without the power to drink or rise.

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.