Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophecy in me as the swans? For they, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are about to go away to the god whose ministers they are. The Trials Of Socrates
Whether he be an original or a plagiarist, man is the novelist of himself. History as a System
Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping. Les Misérables
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
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