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Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown!

Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown!

Quote by William Shakespeare about love, pain

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Quote by Francis Bacon about fame, things, light

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about being, chance

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about being, companies, food, chance, man

Night moths attracted and drowned by the reflected moon for each one of us elsewhere! But anybody doesn't see the gold necklace from lake's neck!...

Quote by Paul Sarbu about poetry, moon, night

Infinite These solitary hills have always been dear to me. Seated here, this sweet hedge, which blocks the distant horizon opening inner silences and interminable distances. I plunge in thought to where my heart, frightened, pulls back....

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about infinite, thinking, eternity, voice, present, past, heart, spirit, time, love

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