Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
Lord Byron
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- This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
- What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
- I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
- Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone.
- What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.