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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
The Second Coming · 1920
A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.
Reflections on the Revolution in France · 1790
Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
Reflections on the Revolution in France · 1790
On Conciliation with America · 1775
De Profundis · 1897
Men are never so serious, thoughtful, and intent as when they are at stool.
Gulliver's Travels · 1726
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting · 1745
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1890