“Casting the body's vest aside,
My soul into the boughs does glide.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Garden (1650-1652)
Source: The Golden Bough (1890), Chapter 68, The Golden Bough.
“Casting the body's vest aside,
My soul into the boughs does glide.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Garden (1650-1652)
“Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.”
Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Omega (2003), Chapter 33 (p. 348)
“A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
A Call to Order (1926)
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) Confederate general in the Civil War
"Definition of a Gentleman" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LEE/gentdef.html, a memorandum found in his papers after his death, as quoted in Lee the American (1912) by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 233 <br class="br">Context: The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.<br>The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly — the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light.<br>The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which imparts sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 440.