Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.

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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night

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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!

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If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

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