Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit lie... - Emily Dickinson

"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind--"

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"Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency."
"The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth,--The sweeping up the heart,And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil eternity"
"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."
"Kein Schiff trägt uns besser in ferne Länder, als ein Buch."
"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."