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Fear3 quotes
Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly. — William Shakespeare · 1594Against love's fire fear's frost hath dissolution. — William Shakespeare · 1594Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows, a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Hell3 quotes
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Love3 quotes
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. — William Shakespeare · 1593Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies.
Love is all truth, Lust full of forgèd lies. — William Shakespeare · 1593Against love's fire fear's frost hath dissolution. — William Shakespeare · 1594Ocean and sea3 quotes
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Suffering3 quotes
It easeth some, though none it ever cur'd,
To think their dolour others have endur'd. — William Shakespeare · 1594There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining. — William Shakespeare · 1594Beginning of a journey2 quotes
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Nature of love2 quotes
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. — William Shakespeare · 1593Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies.
Love is all truth, Lust full of forgèd lies. — William Shakespeare · 1593Sailing2 quotes
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Stars2 quotes
Thence we came forth to see the stars again. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Sunrise2 quotes
With the color that paints the morning and evening clouds that face the sun I saw then the whole heaven suffused. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The night sky2 quotes
Thence we came forth to see the stars again. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Adventure1 quote
The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Astronomy1 quote
Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Atonement1 quote
The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Beauty1 quote
Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator. — William Shakespeare · 1594Broken promises1 quote
Vows were ever brokers to defiling. — William Shakespeare · 1609Color1 quote
With the color that paints the morning and evening clouds that face the sun I saw then the whole heaven suffused. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Conscience1 quote
O pure and noble conscience, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri · 1321Courage1 quote
Here one must leave behind all hesitation;
here every cowardice must meet its death. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Curvature of the earth1 quote
The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Destiny1 quote
If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of a glorious haven. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Discovery1 quote
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Fame1 quote
Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Fickleness of fame1 quote
Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Free will1 quote
The greatest gift which God in His bounty
Bestowed in creating,
And the most conformed to His own goodness
And that which He most prizes, was the freedom of the will,
With which the creatures that have intelligence,
They all and they alone, were and are endowed. — Dante Alighieri · 1321God's will1 quote
In His will is our peace. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hard times1 quote
There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Haste1 quote
Haste denies all acts their dignity. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Home1 quote
Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine one countree? — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Homecoming1 quote
Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine one countree? — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798