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«There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him»
«Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel | About: Feelings | Keywords: full moon, lamp, shining
«She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.»
«The deep dark-shining Pacific leans on the land Feeling his cold strength To the outmost margins»
«Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!»
«So, then, to every man his chance - to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity - to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him - thi»
Author: Thomas Wolfe | About: Mankind | Keywords: combine, regardless, shining
«The one had leaves of dark green that beneath were as shining silver, and from each of his countless flowers a dew of silver light was ever falling, and the earth beneath was dappled with the shadows of his fluttering leaves.»
«The reputation of a woman may be compared to a mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it»
«Self denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.»
«One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.»

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