Edward Fitzgerald Quotes

The court has heard substantial, ample evidence about the level of competency... And while I have not decided the issue, there is clearly a problem in terms of the defendant's competency. - Edward Fitzgerald

The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, / But Here or There as strikes the Player goes. - Edward Fitzgerald

Taste is the feminine of genius. - Edward Fitzgerald

Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road Which to discover we must travel too. - Edward Fitzgerald

One Moment in Annihilation's Waste, / One Moment, of the Well of Life to taste - / The Stars are setting and the Caravan / Starts for the Dawn of Nothing - Oh, make haste! - Edward Fitzgerald

One Flash of It within the Tavern caught / Better than in the Temple lost outright. - Edward Fitzgerald

One by one crept silently to Rest. - Edward Fitzgerald

Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened. Man's Forgiveness give - and take! - Edward Fitzgerald

Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies. - Edward Fitzgerald

Now the New Year reviving old Desires,/ The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,/ Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough/ Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires. - Edward Fitzgerald

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