"A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass" — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Source: Walden (1854)

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish popularity.

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things

Charles Haddon Spurgeon Quote