01c. 1600 ADMan is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all light, all influence, all fate. Nothing to him falls early, or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.John Fletcher / quote ↗
02c. 1600 ADAll things that are Made for our general uses are at war,— Even we among ourselves.John Fletcher / quote ↗
03c. 1600 ADMan is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.John Fletcher / quote ↗
04c. 1600 ADWeep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that 's gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again.John Fletcher / quote ↗
05c. 1600 ADO woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!John Fletcher / quote ↗
10c. 1600 ADThere 's naught in this life sweet, If man were wise to see 't, But only melancholy; O sweetest Melancholy!John Fletcher / quote ↗
11c. 1600 ADFountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves.John Fletcher / quote ↗
12c. 1600 ADDrink to-day, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do 't to-morrow.John Fletcher / quote ↗
13c. 1600 ADAnd he that will to bed go sober Falls with the leaf still in October.John Fletcher / quote ↗
14c. 1600 ADThree merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows-tree.John Fletcher / quote ↗
15c. 1600 ADHide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears, On whose tops the pinks that grow Are of those that April wears! But first set my poor heart free, Bound in those icy chains by thee.John Fletcher / quote ↗
18UndatedDrink today and drown all sorrow You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.John Fletcher / quote ↗
Edsverb reading card◎MeditationsMarcus AureliusFree edition · US public domainMeric Casaubon translation (1634), later edited editionRelated reading on mind; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card道Tao Te ChingLaozi (traditional attribution)Free edition · US public domainJames Legge translation; publication year not supplied in the linked digitized textRelated reading on wisdom; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card☼The ProphetKahlil GibranFree edition · US public domain1923 English editionRelated reading on love and life; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗