Source: Conversation (1782), Line 703.
“The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.”
Source: Heart of Darkness
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“The fools enjoy their careless pleasure,
But their way is dark and leads to danger.”
Source: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 17
The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation
“Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!”
After-song (1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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The Golden Violet (1827)
“Let your occupations be few," says the sage, "if you would lead a tranquil life.”
Ὀλίγα πρῆσσε, φησίν, εἰ μέλλεις εὐθυμήσειν
IV, 24
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV