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“For Wits are treated just like Common Whores;
First they're enjoy'd, and then kickt out of Doors.”

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) English poet, and peer of the realm

ll. 38-39
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)

Whore

“You must teach me a small part of what you know," said Dantes, "if only to prevent your growing weary of me. I can well believe] that so learned a person as yourself would prefer absolute [[solitude to being tormented with the company of one as ignorant and uninformed as myself. If you will only agree to my request, I promise you never to mention another word about escaping.”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 17 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_17
The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)

Personality , Learning , Solitude , Parting

“Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser. That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying.”

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer

Spoken intro to "What a Wonderful World" (1970 version)

Baby , Chance , Problem , Secret

“England, as I persuade myself, still contains in it many kings; possesses, as old Rome did, many men not needing "election" to command, but eternally elected for it by the Maker Himself. England's one hope is in these, just now. They are among the silent, I believe; mostly far away from platforms and public palaverings; not speaking forth the image of their nobleness in transitory words, but imprinting it, each on his own little section of the world, in silent facts, in modest valiant actions, that will endure forevermore. They must sit silent no longer. They are summoned to assert themselves; to act forth, and articulately vindicate, in the teeth of howling multitudes, of a world too justly maddened into all manner of delirious clamors, what of wisdom they derive from God.”

Thomas Carlyle book Latter-Day Pamphlets

1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), The Present Time (February 1, 1850)

Wisdom , Men , God , World

“America's battle is yet to fight; and we, sorrowful though nothing doubting, will wish her strength for it.”

Thomas Carlyle book Latter-Day Pamphlets

1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), The Present Time (February 1, 1850)

Fight

“Till we know that, what is all our knowledge; how shall we even so much as "detect?”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

For the vulpine sharpness, which considers itself to be knowledge, and "detects" in that fashion, is far mistaken. Dupes indeed are many: but, of all dupes, there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped.
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King

Knowledge

“Burns's gifts, expressed in conversation, are the theme of all that ever heard him. All kinds of gifts: from the gracefulest utterances of courtesy, to the highest fire of passionate speech; loud floods of mirth, soft wailings of affection, laconic emphasis, clear piercing insight; all was in him.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters

Passion

“Asleep in lap of legends old.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

Stanza 15
Poems (1820), The Eve of St. Agnes

“I'm not Mr. N'Sync, I'm not what your friends think, I'm not "Mr. Friendly", I can be a prick”

Eminem book The Way I Am

Source: Song The Way I Am

Thinking

“One of the most beautiful declarations of love: i would love to have you in my life forever.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Una delle più belle dichiarazioni d'amore: mi piacerebbe averti per sempre nella mia vita.
Source: prevale.net

Life , Love , Beauty

“Time is an excellent medicine to reflect, to understand each other and above all to understand whom to share every day of your life with.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il tempo è un'ottima medicina per riflettere, per capirsi e soprattutto per capire con chi condividere ogni giorno della propria vita.
Source: prevale.net

Time , Understanding , Life

“The warriors that fought for their country, and bled,
Have sunk to their rest; the damp earth is their bed;
No stone tells the place where their ashes repose,
Nor points out the spot from the graves of their foes.

They died in their glory, surrounded by fame,
And Victory's loud trump their death did proclaim;
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast,
And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

"The Battle of Lovell's Pond," poem first published in the Portland Gazette (November 17, 1820).

Dead , Country , Victory , Death

“As for the woods' excitement over you
That sends light rustle rushes to their leaves,
Charge that to upstart inexperience.

Where were they all not twenty years ago?
They think too much of having shaded out
A few old pecker-fretted apple trees.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

Directive (1947)

Tree , Light , Thinking

“Far in the pillared dark
Thrush music went —
Almost like a call to come in
To the dark and lament.

But no, I was out for stars;
I would not come in.
I meant not even if asked;
And I hadn't been.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

" Come In http://plagiarist.com/poetry/691" (1942), st. 4, 5
General sources

Star , Music

“I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.

They would not find me changed from him they knew —
Only more sure of all I thought was true.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

"Into My Own", st. 4 (1913)
General sources

Change

“Normality is a boring uniformity, madness a lively uniqueness.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La normalità è una noiosa uniformità, la follia una vivace unicità.
Source: prevale.net

Madness

“Gettin' to the cake now
All the hate don't phase me
All the money that I make now
I'll never let it change me”

Lil Peep (1996–2017) American rapper

Source: Song Benz Truck

Money , Hate , Change

“Take care of the feelings a person has for you: you’ll almost always realize what she’s worth, when it’s too late.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Prenditi cura dei sentimenti che una persona prova per te: ti renderai quasi sempre conto del suo valore, quando è troppo tardi.
Source: prevale.net

Personality , Feeling

“Don’t just write words. Write music.”

Gary Provost (1944–1995) American writer

Context: This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety.

Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

So write with a combination of short, medium, and long sentences. Create a sound that pleases the reader’s ear. Don’t just write words. Write music.

Music

“The glow retreats, done is the day of toil;
It yonder hastes, new fields of life exploring;
Ah, that no wing can lift me from the soil
Upon its track to follow, follow soaring!
A glorious dream! though now the glories fade.
Alas! the wings that lift the mind no aid
Of wings to lift the body can bequeath me.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust

Source: Faust. Translation by Bayard Taylor

Dreams , Life

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