Death is the looking-glass of life wherein
Each man may scan the aspect of his deeds.
Quotes from Savonarola — Alfred Austin
1835–1913 England
10 quotes
Your logic may be good,
But dialectics never saved a soul.
Savonarola (1881)
Women love all whom grief and death attaint.
Savonarola (1881)
Never fear to weep;
For tears are summer showers to the soul,
To keep it fresh and green.
Savonarola (1881)
Friendship craves
The commerce of the mind, not the exchange
Of emulous feasts that foster sycophants.
Savonarola (1881)
Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law,
Placing her eggs in whatso nest she will.
Savonarola (1881)
Let your house
Be spacious more than splendid, and be books
And busts your most conspicuous furniture.
Savonarola (1881)
Who loves his country never forfeits heaven.
Savonarola (1881)
Friendship, 'tis said, is love without his wings,
And friendship, sir, is sweet enough for me.
Savonarola (1881)
Savonarola (1881)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Austin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.