“A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!”
― The Lagoon
― The Lagoon
“adversity bends the heart as fire bends the stubborn steel, and those who are no longer their own governors, and the denizens of their own free independent state, must crouch before strangers.”
― Ivanhoe
― Ivanhoe
“the worst evil which befalls our race is, that when we are wronged and plundered, all the world laughs around, and we are compelled to suppress our sense of injury, and to smile tamely, when we would revenge bravely.”
― Ivanhoe
― Ivanhoe
“the old with the young, the decrepit with the lusty—all equal before sleep, death's brother.”
― Lord Jim
― Lord Jim
“these pearls are orient, but they yield in whiteness to your teeth; the diamonds are brilliant, but they cannot match your eyes; and ever since I have taken up this wild trade, I have made a vow to prefer beauty to wealth.”
― Ivanhoe
― Ivanhoe
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