Life and Existence

He [the poet] must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind.

I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

Language is the dress of thought.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Muero porque no muero.

We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.

Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?

Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?

Before you judge me, try hard to love me, look within your heart

Before you judge me, try hard to love me, look within your heart

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

… Mutato nomine de te

Non omnis moriar.

Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, Labuntur anni

Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus.

Dum loquimur, fugerit invida

Dum loquimur, fugerit invida

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.