1700 – 1850 CE
Emotion, nature, and imagination in the age of revolution.
I loved you; even now I may confess, some embers of my love …
— Alexander Pushkin
"I loved you; even now I may confess, some embers of my love their fire retain"
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths"
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number
"Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number"
The soul's joy lies in doing
"The soul's joy lies in doing"
Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness
"Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness"
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world"
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair"
Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as in poetry
"Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as in poetry"
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
— William Blake
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
O snail, climb Mount Fuji, but slowly, slowly.
— Kobayashi Issa
"O snail, climb Mount Fuji, but slowly, slowly."
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore.
— Lord Byron
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shor..."
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