Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. The Fellowship of the Ring
The literary woman, unsatisfied, agitated, desolate in heart and entrails, listening every minute with painful curiosity to the imperative which whispers from the depths of her organism "aut liberi aut libri [either children or books]." Twilight of the Idols
America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself. The Critic as Artist
After a few months’ acquaintance with European “coffee,” one’s mind weakens, and his faith with it, and he begins to wonder if the rich beverage of home, with its clotted layer of yellow cream on top of it, is not a mere dream after all, and a thing which never existed. A Tramp Abroad
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