Dwellers by the sea are generally superstitious; sailors always are. There is something in the illimitable expanse of sky and water that dilates the imagination.
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Rome is one enormous mausoleum. There, the Past lies visibly stretched upon his bier. There is no today or tomorrow in Rome; it is perpetual yesterday.
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True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
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The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.
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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
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Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also?
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