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Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or a

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. – John Sterling

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Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. – John Sterling

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The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. – John Sterling

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Melancholic madness strapped to your chest and you have no way of releasing the fear. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. – Mark Twain

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And I am glad to see, that you have also put to flight the gloomy thoughts which used to haunt you. I like to see people cheerful and happy. What is the use of giving way to sadness in this beautiful world? – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, A Romance, “The Evening and the Morning St

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…that freshness of feeling, that delicate honor which shrinks from wounding even a sentiment… – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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