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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Edward Robert, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith) Bulwer-Lytton. (1831–1891) (continued)
He may live without books,—what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope—what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love,—what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
He may live without hope—what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love,—what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
Lucile. Part i. Canto ii.
Lucile. Part ii. Canto ii.
The man who seeks one thing in life and but one
May hope to achieve it before life is done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
May hope to achieve it before life is done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
Lucile. Part ii. Canto ii.
Thought alone is eternal.
Lucile. Part ii. Canto vi.
Let any man show the world that he feels
Afraid of its bark and ’t will fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, ’t will leave him alone:
But ’t will fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone.
Afraid of its bark and ’t will fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, ’t will leave him alone:
But ’t will fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone.
Lucile. Part ii. Canto vii.
The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings.
Grasp it firmly, it stings not.2
Grasp it firmly, it stings not.2
Lucile. Part iii. Canto ii.
Art is Nature made by Man
To Man the interpreter of God.
To Man the interpreter of God.
The Artist.
The things which must be must be for the best.
Imperfection.
Oh, moment of sweet peril, perilous sweet!
When woman joins herself to man.
When woman joins herself to man.
The Wanderer. Prologue. Stanza 1.