Treason seldom dwells with courage.
Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is--more knave than fool.
It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate.
Nature that framed us of four elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Wills us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves.
All live to die, and rise to fall.
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Rock. . . is the expression of elemental passions. . . In the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe.
The teaching of any science, for purposes of liberal education, without linking it with social progress and teaching its social significance, is a crime against the student mind. It is like teaching a child how to pronounce words but not what they mean.
To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.
In America, we have a government that is now run by white nationalists, by billionaires, by incredible misogynists.