More from The Devil's Thoughts
- Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
- Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
- The Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility. The Devil's Thoughts
- What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dreams you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
- What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dreams you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then? Biographia Literaria (1817)
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