“A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, / A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou / Beside me singing in the Wilderness — / Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Have-Nots. Don Quixote
I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but caring little for it, and even less for my imperfect garden. Essays
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it. How to Tell s Story
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