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Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures. - [Youth] Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets;and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,--under-makers. - Festus (Proem, l. 5) [Poetry] As proud as Lucifer. - Festus (sc. A Country Town) [Pride : Proverbial Phrases] Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war. - Festus (sc. A Country Town) [Death] Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures. - Festus (sc. A Country Town) [Poverty] We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. - Festus (sc. A Country Town) [Life] Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow. - Festus (sc. A Country Town) [Doubt] There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes, Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth. - Festus (sc. A Drawing Room) [Eyes] For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay. - Festus (sc. A Large Party and Entertainment) [Ivy] The death-bed of a day, how beautiful! - Festus (sc. A Library and Balcony) [Sunset] Joys Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too. - Festus (sc. A Library and Balcony--A Summer Night, l. 62) [Joy] I have a heart with room for every joy. - Festus (sc. A Mountain) [Heart] See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens. - Festus (sc. A Mountain) [Sun] The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance. - Festus (sc. A Mountain Sunrise) [Error] Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above; Ask of the great sum what is light; Ask what is darkness of the night; Ask sin of what may be forgiven; Ask what is happiness of heaven; Ask what is folly of the crowd; Ask what is fashion of the shroud; Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss; Ask of thyself what beauty is. - Festus (sc. A Party and Entertainment) [Love] I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die. - Festus (sc. A Party and Entertainment) [Love] Love spends his all, and still hath store. - Festus (sc. A Party and Entertainment) [Love] 'Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity. - Festus (sc. A Ruined Temple) [Comparison] Music tells no truths. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast) [Music] When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast) [Study] The long days are no happier than the short ones. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast, Evening) [Day] The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast, Evening) [Advice] Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast, Evening) [Books] And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep. - Festus (sc. A Village Feast, l. 26) [Joy] He hath no power who hath not power to use. - Festus (sc. A Visit) [Power] Displaying page 5 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7
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