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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come,...
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A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal...
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As to diseases, make a habit of two things – to help, or at...
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Where today are the Pequot Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and...
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Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of...
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for...
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To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...
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The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn’t any mind He stumbles through existence with...