George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Stanzas to Augusta http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-Augusta2.html, st. 1 (1816).
Source: The Book of Lies
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Stanzas to Augusta http://readytogoebooks.com/LB-Augusta2.html, st. 1 (1816).
“I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.”
Samuel Richardson book Clarissa
Source: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
1940s, To Every Briton (1940)
“My own soul is my most faithful friend. My own heart, my truest confidant.”
Babur (1483–1530) 1st Mughal Emperor
"History of India" at Amazing World http://www.amworld.info/india-travel/history-of-india
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) Indian independence activist
Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,
“I am free of the busy world
There is not a doubt in my heart or a worry to disturb my mind”
Han-shan Chinese monk and poet
Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry
Context: Today I sat before the cliff
Until the mist and rainbows disappeared
I followed the emerald stream
Explored a thousand tiers of green cliffs
In the morning my spirit rests among white clouds
At night a bright moon floats in the sky
I am free of the busy world
There is not a doubt in my heart or a worry to disturb my mind
Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822) Vietnamese poet
"The Floating Cake" (a metaphor for "woman")
Spring Essence (2000)