“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
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Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
―
“I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire.”
― The Merry Wives of Windsor
― The Merry Wives of Windsor
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
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“As for marriage, of course that would be silly, but there are other and more interesting bonds between men and women.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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