Greek Architecture

Not magnitude, not lavishness,
But Form—the Site;
Not innovating wilfulness,
But reverence for the Archetype.

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There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

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There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

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Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

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There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.

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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.

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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

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