From too much love of living, From

“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.”

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Category: life
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and

“Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.”

— Joseph Addison

Author: Joseph Addison
Category: life
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