"Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward,..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward.
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“Profit is a blessing, if it's not stolen.”
“Here feel we but the penalty of Adam,The seasons' difference, as the icy fangAnd churlish chiding of the winter's wind,Which, when it bites and blows upon my body,Even till I shrink with cold, I smile.”
“The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.”
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“Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.”
“It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.”
“We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.”
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“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”
“One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.”
“The sun had, in the meanwhile, sunk behind the Ettersberg. We felt in the wood the chill of the evening, and drove all the quicker to Wiemar, and to Goethe's house. Goethe urged me to go in with him for a while, and I did so. He was in an extremely engaging mood. He talked a great deal about his theory of colors, and of his obstinate opponents; remarking that he was sure that he had done something in this science.”