Will Christian
Will Christian
tombstone few-words fame
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
grief losing-a-loved-one cry
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
humanity rope degradation
To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
perseverance men past
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
art slave ideals
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
friendship bad-friend sunshine
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
sweet kissing two
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.
heaven soul literature
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
inspirational happiness reality
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
music clothes shelter
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
world population existence
Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
beauty beautiful giving
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
life future lost
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
love passion kissing
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.