Quotes of William Collins - somelinesforyou

“ Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it. ”

- William Collins

“ But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! ”

- William Collins

“ And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. ”

- William Collins

“ Today's all the treasure poor mortals can boast,For tomorrow's not gain'd, and yesterday's lost. ”

- William Collins

“ How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! ”

- William Collins

“ But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means. ”

- William Collins

“ But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! ”

- William Collins

“ But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means. ”

- William Collins

“ Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd. ”

- William Collins

“ But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means. ”

- William Collins

“ Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part, Nature in him was almost lost in art. ”

- William Collins

“ And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. ”

- William Collins

“ How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there. ”

- William Collins

“ But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means. ”

- William Collins

“ The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. ”

- William Collins

“ Today's all the treasure poor mortals can boast,For tomorrow's not gain'd, and yesterday's lost. ”

- William Collins

“ But all they want to doIs tie the poem to a chair with ropeAnd torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hoseTo find out what it really means. ”

- William Collins

“ Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. ”

- William Collins

“ When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry. ”

- William Collins

“ Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior. ”

- William Collins
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