“What is this world's delight,Lightening that mocks the night,Brief as even as bright”
“Shame is the fruit of my vanities, and remorse, and the clearest knowledge of how the world's delight is a brief dream.”
“The world’s delight is a brief dream.”
“A brief life burns brightly.”
“Pedantry. The delight in living. Brio. The chance to act, to mime, to mock, to mimic.”
“Everything that's lovely isBut a brief, dreamy kind of delight.”