Justice Quote by Walter de la Mare

“The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain.” quote by Walter de la Mare — Download Open image

““The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain.””

Walter de la Mare

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“In these days of faith-cures, and hypnotism, and telepathy, and subliminalities – why, the simple old world grows very confusing. But rarely, very rarely novel.”

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What is the world, O soldiers? It is I, I, this incessant snow, This northern sky.

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“Away There is no sorrow Time heals never; No loss, betrayal, Beyond repair. Balm for the soul, then, Though grave shall sever Lover from loved And all they share. See the sweet sun shines The shower is over; Flowers preen their beauty, The day how fair! Brood not too closely On love, on duty; Friends long forgotten May wait you…

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“Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door.”

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As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me.

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“Lawford had soundlessly stolen a pace or two nearer, and by stopping forward he could, each in turn, scrutinize the little intent company sitting…

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An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.

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For beauty with sorrow Is a burden hard to be borne: The evening light on the foam, and the swans, there; That music, remote,…

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We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie.

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“A poor old Widow in her weeds Sowed her garden with wild-flower seeds; Not too shallow, and not too deep, And down came April -- drip -- drip -- drip. Up shone May, like gold, and soon Green as an arbour grew leafy June. And now all summer she sits and sews Where willow herb, comfrey, bugloss blows, Teasle and…

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Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels.

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