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Richard Burton

Vikram and the Vampire

  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    This is the way of the world; when an affair comes to six ears, it does not remain secret; if a matter is confided to four ears it may escape further hearing
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    Love is like the drunkard’s cup: delicious is the first drink, palling are the draughts that succeed it, and most distasteful are the dregs
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    What is life but a restless vision of imaginary pleasures and of real pains, from which the only waking is the terrible day of death?
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    we fall at last into hell
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    what is life and what is youth without the presence of those we love?
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    Better we die at once, and so escape the woes of the world!’
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    Die loved in youth, not hated in age.
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    The religious prince would have slaughtered a cow—that sole unforgivable sin—to save one of her eyelashes: the absolute king would not drink a cup of water without her permission; the staid philosopher, the sober quietist, to win from her the shadow of a smile, would have danced before her like a singing-girl.
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    ‘To die, O man, is a passing pain; to be poor is an interminable anguish.
  • ria tommцитирует6 лет назад
    The labours of the day now became lighter.
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