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But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play at cards? Why drink? Why read? To make some hour less dreary. It occupies me to turn back regards On what I've seen or pondered, sad or cheery, And what I write I cast upon the stream To swim or sink. I have had at least my dream.

Lord Byron
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Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel

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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

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A drop of ink may make a million think.

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A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering “I will ne'er consent”—consented.

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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

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Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

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Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

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