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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or…
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to…
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,…
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A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to…
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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
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To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite.
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Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.
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Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mate less play; And,…
— Emily Bronte
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I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times…
— Jewel
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With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.
— John Milton
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Ultimately, Photography is subversive, not when it frightens, repels, or even stigmatizes, but when it is pensive, when it thinks.
— Roland Barthes
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Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.
— John Milton
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Once more their weird laughter of the loons comes to my ear, the distance lends it a musical, melancholy sound. For a…
— Celia Thaxter
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Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place.
— William Wordsworth
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