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“Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh.”
― William Blake, The Complete Poems

“Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.”
― William Blake

“Opposition is true Friendship.”
― William Blake, The Portable Blake

“We know what we are, but not what we may be.”
― William Shakespeare

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― William Shakespear, Hamlet

“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”
― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Wat kenmerkend is voor het schone, laat zich niet door bepaalde herkenbare eigenschappen van een voorwerp aantonen, maar legt langs subjectieve weg getuigenis af van zichzelf: een verhoging van het levensgevoel in het harmonische samenspel van verbeeldingskracht en verstand. (...) Het smaakoordeel is geen kennis en toch is het ook niet willekeurig.”
― Heidegger, Martin

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine