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“Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.”

Simple Laughing Failing Eating Tales Pity Plenty Sigh Pranks

Book:The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces

Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces

“When one has praised Turgenev, however, for the beauty of his character and the beautiful truth of his art, one remembers that he, too, was human and therefore less than perfect. His chief failing was, perhaps, that of all the great artists, he was the most lacking in exuberance. That is why he began to be scorned in a world which rated exuberance higher than beauty or love or pity.”

World Humans Art Character Beautiful Remember Artist Perfect Failing Higher Pity Chiefs Lacking Great Art Great Artist Exuberance Scorned

Author:Robert Wilson Lynd

“Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jest or pranks, that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale, Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.”

Source: Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a New Life of the Author

“there is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. A book may fail, but who is there to know it? It dies and is buried, and is decently interred on the bookseller's shelf; but the play dies to laughter, to scorn and disdain.”

Knows May Doe Book Play Dies Failing Laughter Theater Pity Buried Contempt Shelves Scorn Shameful Disdain Booksellers

Book:My Story

Source: My Story

“When the red wrath perisheth, when the dulled swords fail, These three who have walked with Death these shall prevail. Hell bade all its millions rise; Paradise sends three: Pity, and Self-sacrifice, and Charity.”

War Self Three Millions Hell Failing Sacrifice Red Charity Pity Paradise Wrath Self Sacrifice

Author:Theodosia Garrison