Philosophical literatureThe man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see.Arthur SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Idea · 1819★ 6.9
PoemMan's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.9
PoemAlas! the love of women! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.9
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingWe must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding.John MarshallMcCulloch v. Maryland · 1819★ 3.8
PoemChristians have burnt each other, quite persuaded; That all the Apostles would have done as they did.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.8
PoemMan, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.8
PoemThere's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms As rum and true religion.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.8
PoemLet us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.Lord ByronDon Juan · 1819★ 3.8
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingThe power to tax involves the power to destroy.John MarshallMcCulloch v. Maryland · 1819★ 3.7
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingLet the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are Constitutional.John MarshallMcCulloch v. Maryland · 1819★ 3.6
NovelThere is no such thing as "natural law": this expression is nothing but old nonsense…Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.StendhalThe Red and the Black · 1819★ 3.6
Short storyA sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.Washington Irving1819★ 3.6
PoemThe fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?Percy Bysshe Shelley1819★ 3.5
LetterI cannot exist without you. I am forgetful of everything but seeing you again—my Life seems to stop there—I see no further.John Keats1819★ 1.9
EssayThe love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.William Hazlitt1819★ 1.9
PoemSun-girt city, thou hast been Ocean's child, and then his queen; Now is come a darker day, And thou soon must be his prey.Percy Bysshe Shelley1819★ 1.1
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