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Zelda était jalouse du travail de Scott, et quand il nous arriva de les mieux connaître, ce fut un fait acquis. Scott décidait parfois de ne plus passer des nuits entières à boire, de faire de l’exercice tous les jours et de travailler avec régularité. Il se mettait au travail et dès qu’il travaillait bien, Zelda commençait à se plaindre de son enn
... See moreMarc Saporta • Paris est une fête (French Edition)

Lydgate thought that after all his wild mistakes and absurd credulity, he had found perfect womanhood – felt as if already breathed upon by exquisite wedded affection such as would be bestowed by an accomplished creature who venerated his high musings and momentous labours and would never interfere with them; who would create order in the home and
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch
The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)


But Will wanted to talk with Dorothea alone, and was impatient of slow circumstances. However slight the terrestrial intercourse between Dante and Beatrice or Petrarch and Laura, time changes the proportion of things, and in later days it is preferable to have fewer sonnets and more conversation. Necessity excused stratagem, but stratagem was limit
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch
It is a complete mistake to suppose that common people make our towns commonplace, with unsightly things like advertisements. Most of those whose wares are thus placarded everywhere are very wealthy gentlemen with coronets and country seats, men who are probably very particular about the artistic adornment of their own homes. They disfigure their t
... See moreG. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • The New Jerusalem
