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Towns can be trusted to corrupt themselves.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
There is no office in this needful world
But dignifies the doer if done well.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
'Tis a world
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
Why should you,
Because the world is foolish, not be wise?
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
The Devil is an echo
Of search unsatisfied.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
Of all our feigned affections, there is none
So hollow, selfish, and injurious,
As what we christen Patriotism.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
When the foal and broodmare hinny,
And in every cut-down spinney
Ladysmocks grow mauve and mauver,
Then the winter days are over
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)
Imagination should
A reconciler, not a rebel, be,
To teach the heart of man to apprehend
Nature's vicissitudes, and bear his own,
With sympathetic fancy.
Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892)