FastSaying
Failing yet gracious, Slow pacing, soon homing, A patriarch that strolls Through the tents of his children, The sun as he journeys His round on the lower Ascents of the blue, Washes the roofs And the hillsides with clarity.
William Ernest Henley
Sun
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Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.
— William Ernest Henley
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To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in his breeches pocket or anywhere but on his sleeve.
— William Ernest Henley
Anywhere
Avoid
Established
Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.
— William Ernest Henley
Chance
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
— William Ernest Henley
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Inspiration
Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain.
— William Ernest Henley
Pleasure
