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“of all things the perfection is to imitate the face of mankind”
― The Arte of Limning: A More Compendious Discourse Concerning Ye Art of Liming
― The Arte of Limning: A More Compendious Discourse Concerning Ye Art of Liming

“His wet white face and miserable eyes
Brought nurses to him more than groans and sighs:
But hoarse and low and rapid rose and fell
His troubled voice: he did the business well.
(First verse of Died of Wounds)”
― The War Poets: A Selection of World War I Poetry
Brought nurses to him more than groans and sighs:
But hoarse and low and rapid rose and fell
His troubled voice: he did the business well.
(First verse of Died of Wounds)”
― The War Poets: A Selection of World War I Poetry

“Silence can bring with it a vacancy that in its turn craves the distraction of the human voice or the obscuring impact created...by music. These distractions can help to stifle the terror of being abandoned to the silence of the noisy mind.”
― The Great Silence 1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War
― The Great Silence 1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War

“Wear me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, passion cruel as the grave.”
― Henry V
― Henry V
“Any property taken away from others, whether by stealth, fraud or violence, must be wrong: but to take away men themselves, and keep them in slavery, must be worse.”
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