Quotes of Narcissus - somelinesforyou

“ NARCISSUS:A republican is a man who strives to create equality among all classes. At the core he's a man who believes in doing what's right. GAIUS: The trouble is defining exactly what 'right' is. NARCISSUS:We all know what right is, Senator. COMMODUS:I would say there's nothing more dangerous than a man who knows what 'right' is… ”

- David Franzoni

“ Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading. ”

- W. H. Auden

“ O fateful flower beside the rill — The Daffodil, the daffodil! ”

- Jean Ingelow

“ Then the face of night is fair in the dewy downs And the shining daffodil dies. ”

- Lord Alfred Tennyson

“ A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ”

- William Wordsworth
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