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Only dull people are brilliant

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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Whenever people agree with me

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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Illusion is the first of

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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God in creating Man somewhat

God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Always forgive your enemies. Nothing

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
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America is the only country

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Consistency is the last resort

Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
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The pure and simple truth

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Soneto: Holy Week at Genoa

I wandered through Scoglietto's far retreat,
The oranges on each o'erhanging spray
Burned as bright lamps of gold to shame the day;
Some startled bird with fluttering wings and fleet
Made snow of all the blossoms; at my feet
Like silver moons the pale narcissi lay:
And the curved waves that streaked the great green bay
Laughed i' the sun, and life seemed very sweet.
Outside the young boy-priest passed singing clear,
'Jesus the son of Mary has been slain,
O come and fill His sepulchre with flowers.'
Ah, God! Ah, God! those dear Hellenic hours
Had drowned all memory of Thy bitter pain,
The Cross, the Crown, the Soldiers and the Spear.

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Soneto: Urbs Sacra Aeterna

Rome! what a scroll of History thine has been;
In the first days thy sword republican
Ruled the whole world for many an age's span:
Then of the peoples wert thou royal Queen,
Till in thy streets the bearded Goth was seen;
And now upon thy walls the breezes fan
(Ah, city crowned by God, discrowned by man!)
The hated flag of red and white and green.
When was thy glory! when in search for power
Thine eagles flew to greet the double sun,
And the wild nations shuddered at thy rod?
Nay, but thy glory tarried for this hour,
When pilgrims kneel before the Holy One,
The prisoned shepherd of the Church of God.

MONTRE MARIO

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