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58016d5	Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.	compassion greed humanity inspirational volunteerism charity helping-others	Horace Mann
07cf5a6	Rule your mind or it will rule you.	be-yourself be-strong stay-strong independence inspiration living strength life inspirational the-mind rule self-help	Horace
6ef7ccf	He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.	marriage melancholy	Horace Walpole
c68d196	I can forget injuries, but never benefits.		Horace Walpole
67c200a	But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.		Horace Walpole
33b04e2	There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.	writing-style	Horace Walpole
899de9e	A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play		Horace Walpole
2c3b9c7	I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.		Horace Walpole
93e189b	Nie pytaj prozno, bo nikt sie nie dowie. Jaki nam koniec gotuja bogowie, I babilonskich nie pytaj wrozbiarzy. Lepiej tak przyjac wszystko, jak sie zdarzy. A czy z rozkazu Jowisza ta zima, Co teraz wichrem welny morskie wzdyma, Bedzie ostatnia, czy tez nam przysporzy Lat jeszcze kilka tajny wyrok bozy, Nie troszcz sie o to i ... klaruj swe wina. Mknie rok za rokiem, jak jedna godzina. Wiec lap dzien kazdy, a nie wierz ni troche W zludnej prz..	inspirational leukonoe polish sienkiewicz	Horace
6bc9e49	The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?		Horace Walpole
4436490	The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.	travel jaded	Horace Walpole
da3ad28	It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck with the beauties of this piece as I was. Yet I am not blind to my author's defects.		Horace Walpole
97c1463	Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda. Manfred had contracted a marriage for his son with the Marquis of Vicenza's daughter, Isabella; and she had already been d..		Horace Walpole
3e098ea	I come," replied he, "to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of Vicenza, he demands the Lady Isabella, daughter of that Prince, whom thou hast basely and traitorously got into thy power, by bribing her false guardians during his absence; and he requires thee to resign the principality of Otranto, which tho..	giant otranto duel knight heir	Horace Walpole
49e7b53	This life is but a pilgrimage.		Horace Walpole
8004a04	I hold visions to be wisdom, and would deny them only to ambition, which exists only by the destruction of visions of everybody else	wisdom egocentrism vision	Horace Walpole
003141a	This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.		Horace Walpole
ef378dd	Historic justice is due to all characters. Who would not vindicate Henry the Eighth or Charles the Second, if found to be falsely traduced? Why then not Richard the Third?		Horace Walpole
1d8aa3a	If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage." - To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749"	insult travel sussex	Horace Walpole
8ba961e	All very ancient history, except that of the illuminated Jews, is a perfect fable. It was written by priests, or collected from their reports; and calculated solely to raise lofty ideas of the origin of each nation. Gods and demi-gods were the principal actors; and truth is seldom to be expected where the personages are supernatural. The Greek historians have no advantage over the Peruvian, but in the beauty of their language, or from that ..		Horace Walpole
78dfcc9	My veracity is dearer to me than my life," said the peasant; "nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other."		Horace Walpole
9a494ab	My soul abhors a falsehood		Horace Walpole
fa4044f	Compose and perform your music free of egotism and with a conscious desire to gratify the listener. This conscious desire in time will become subconscious and a part of your natural way. Think of yourself as a channel through which the Divine strives to uplift mankind. What a privileged and honored position you have been placed in. Become aware of the good that you can do through your talents. Once you become aware and accept this responsib..		Horace Silver
639c66e	Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus;Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis.		Horace
37c0a77	Magnas inter opes inops.		Horace
41a7348	Natales grate numeras?		Horace
d101b17	In medias res.		Horace
76065da	Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.		Horace Bushnell
5d16304	Faith is the act of trust by which one being, a sinner, commits himself to another being, a Saviour.		Horace Bushnell
a413908	As long as we abide in Christ, our action is from Him, not from our own corrupt and broken nature.		Horace Bushnell
821d019	God draweth straight lines but we call them crooked.		Horace Mann
9804a8c	Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.		Horace Mann
6408fdb	Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.		Horace Mann
79c8463	Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.		Horace Mann
0053a8a	Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect.		Horace Mann
8633257	Observation -- activity of both eyes and ears.		Horace Mann
e882982	A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.		Horace Mann
bb32f6a	Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.		Horace Mann
9781290	The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.		Horace Mann
0dd329b	Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.		Horace Mann
ba6245a	Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.		Horace Walpole
d960a0f	Our supreme governors, the mob.		Horace Walpole
d701bb0	The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.		Horace Walpole
deb833c	It was easier to conquer it [the East] than to know what to do with it.		Horace Walpole

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

compassion greed humanity inspirational volunteerism charity helping-others

Horace Mann

07cf5a6

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

be-yourself be-strong stay-strong independence inspiration living strength life inspirational the-mind rule self-help

Horace

6ef7ccf

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

marriage melancholy

Horace Walpole

c68d196

I can forget injuries, but never benefits.

Horace Walpole

67c200a

But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.

Horace Walpole

33b04e2

There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.

writing-style

Horace Walpole

899de9e

A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play

Horace Walpole

2c3b9c7

I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

Horace Walpole

93e189b

Nie pytaj prozno, bo nikt sie nie dowie. Jaki nam koniec gotuja bogowie, I babilonskich nie pytaj wrozbiarzy. Lepiej tak przyjac wszystko, jak sie zdarzy. A czy z rozkazu Jowisza ta zima, Co teraz wichrem welny morskie wzdyma, Bedzie ostatnia, czy tez nam przysporzy Lat jeszcze kilka tajny wyrok bozy, Nie troszcz sie o to i ... klaruj swe wina. Mknie rok za rokiem, jak jedna godzina. Wiec lap dzien kazdy, a nie wierz ni troche W zludnej prz..

inspirational leukonoe polish sienkiewicz

Horace

6bc9e49

The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?

Horace Walpole

4436490

The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.

travel jaded

Horace Walpole

da3ad28

It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck with the beauties of this piece as I was. Yet I am not blind to my author's defects.

Horace Walpole

97c1463

Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: the latter, a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed any symptoms of affection to Matilda. Manfred had contracted a marriage for his son with the Marquis of Vicenza's daughter, Isabella; and she had already been d..

Horace Walpole

3e098ea

I come," replied he, "to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of Vicenza, he demands the Lady Isabella, daughter of that Prince, whom thou hast basely and traitorously got into thy power, by bribing her false guardians during his absence; and he requires thee to resign the principality of Otranto, which tho..

giant otranto duel knight heir

Horace Walpole

49e7b53

This life is but a pilgrimage.

Horace Walpole

8004a04

I hold visions to be wisdom, and would deny them only to ambition, which exists only by the destruction of visions of everybody else

wisdom egocentrism vision

Horace Walpole

003141a

This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.

Horace Walpole

ef378dd

Historic justice is due to all characters. Who would not vindicate Henry the Eighth or Charles the Second, if found to be falsely traduced? Why then not Richard the Third?

Horace Walpole

1d8aa3a

If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage." - To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749"

insult travel sussex

Horace Walpole

8ba961e

All very ancient history, except that of the illuminated Jews, is a perfect fable. It was written by priests, or collected from their reports; and calculated solely to raise lofty ideas of the origin of each nation. Gods and demi-gods were the principal actors; and truth is seldom to be expected where the personages are supernatural. The Greek historians have no advantage over the Peruvian, but in the beauty of their language, or from that ..

Horace Walpole

78dfcc9

My veracity is dearer to me than my life," said the peasant; "nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other."

Horace Walpole

9a494ab

My soul abhors a falsehood

Horace Walpole

fa4044f

Compose and perform your music free of egotism and with a conscious desire to gratify the listener. This conscious desire in time will become subconscious and a part of your natural way. Think of yourself as a channel through which the Divine strives to uplift mankind. What a privileged and honored position you have been placed in. Become aware of the good that you can do through your talents. Once you become aware and accept this responsib..