The lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere. Ward Beecher.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, / Are of imagination all compact. Mid. N.'s Dream, v. 1.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man 10 shakes off. Tac.
The lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. Emerson.
The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. G. H. Lewes.
The magic power of love consists in its ennobling whatever its breath touches, like the sun whose golden ray transmutes even thunderclouds into gold. Grillparzer.
The main enterprise of the world for splendour, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Emerson.
The majority have no other reason for their 15 opinions than that they are the fashion. Johnson.
The make-weight! The make-weight! which fate throws into the balance for us at every happiness! It requires much courage not to be down-hearted in this world. Goethe.
The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter. Goldsmith.