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“The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'”

Firsts Eye Lasts Joy Wise Mines Fool Notes Silent Breasts Silver Shore Throat Farewell Geese Swans Firsts And Lasts

Author:Orlando Gibbons

“A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.”

Ifs Men Government Would Be Earth Joy Fool Great Joy Detest Bad Government

Book:The Left Hand of Darkness

Source: The Left Hand of Darkness

“The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.”

Feels Firsts May Ends Happiness Joy Company Fool Laughter Smile Melancholy

Author:Oliver Goldsmith

“Jean Jacques Rousseauis nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.”

Ifs Heart Eye Joy Courses Politics Society Fool Mad Dinner Titles Republic Preaching Accompany Dukes Criticise Upstart

Author:Stendhal

“morning night and noon the traffic moves through and the murder and treachery of friends and lovers and all the people move through you. pain is the joy of knowing the unkindest truth that arrives without warning. life is being alone death is being alone. even the fools weep morning night and noon.”

People Pain Moving Life Is Joy Night Morning Knowing Fool Lovers Murder Warning Traffic Noon Treachery Lovers And Friends

Author:Charles Bukowski

“a fool forgetting all the ideals and joys I knew before, in my recent years of drinking and disappointment, what does he care if he hasn't got any money: he doesn't need any money, all he needs is his rucksack with those little plastic bags of dried food and a good pair of shoes and off he goes and enjoys the privileges of a millionaire in surroundings like this.”

Source: The Dharma Bums