Adam

apothegm

autumn

bell

Charles Lamb

coquetry

evil

failure

giving up

gold

hesitation

Holland

January

moon

ocean

self-hate

violet (color)

occupation / innovator as

poet

nationality

British

is a man who, ironically, proved none too Adamant when Eve passed him the apple.

When Eve upon the first of men The apple _pressed with specious cant, Ohl what a thousand pities then That Adam was not adamant.

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.

is wont to visit in the misty morn, standing shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.

is a season that bravely paints upon the sky the gorgeous fame of summer which is fled.

How bravely autumn paints upon the sky the gorgeous fame of summer which is fled !

O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.

is a sweet sound that swims on the undulating air through the village.

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

is a clever fellow, certainly; but full of villainous and abortive puns, which he miscarries of every minute.

a clever fellow, certainly; but full of villainous and abortive puns, which he miscarries of every minute.

is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart.

Evil is wrought by want of thought As well as want of heart.

is often due to hesitation--- Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

is a sure-fire way to not succeed --- Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

is often the cause of failure --- Half the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

is such a low country, it's only saved by being dammed.

is a month with no warmth, no cheerfulness, healthful ease- No comfortable feel in any member, No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruit, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, No-vember.

is of a fickle temper, now shady now bright and sunny.

The moon, the moon, so silver and cold, / Her fickle temper has oft been told, / Now shady now bright and sunny / But of all the lunar things that change, / The one that shows most fickle and strange, / And takes the most eccentric range, / Is the moon so called of honey!

is in our nature. Man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles.

man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles

Thomas Hood

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