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A Vision

Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,
But with sad eyes as one uncomforted,
And wearied with man's never-ceasing moan
For sins no bleating victim can atone,
And sweet long lips with tears and kisses fed.
Girt was he in a garment black and red,
And at his feet I marked a broken stone
Which sent up lilies, dove-like, to his knees.
Now at their sight, my heart being lit with flame,
I cried to Beatrice, 'Who are these?'
And she made answer, knowing well each name,
'AEschylos first, the second Sophokles,
And last (wide stream of tears!) Euripides.'

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Ordinary riches can be stolen,

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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The truth is rarely pure

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Like dear St. Francis of

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
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One should either be a

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
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About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing

About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable.
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Beauty is a form of

Beauty is a form of genius--is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
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The stage is not merely

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
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The only excuse for creating

The only excuse for creating something useless is that one admires it intensely.
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It often happens that the

It often happens that the real tragedies in life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
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