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Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)
Ambition is but Avarice on stilts and masked.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)
Little men in lofty places, who throw long shadows, because our sun is setting.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)
We must not indulge in unfavourable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe that they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend: such nails are then thrown into the dust or into the furnace.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)
There are no fields of amaranth on this side of the grave: there are no voices, O Rhodopè! that are not soon mute, however tuneful: there is no name, with whatever emphasis of passionate love repeated, of which the echo is not faint at last.
Imaginary Conversations (1824)