Charles Synge Christopher Bowen

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    The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
    —Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)

    I’m down here all alone, but as happy as a king—at least, as happy as some kings—at any rate, I should think I’m about as happy as King Charles the First when he was in prison.
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
    —Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)

    They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
    Love and desire and hate:
    I think they have no portion in us after
    We pass the gate.
    —Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867–1900)

    Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)