How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

All that glisters is not gold.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety.