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There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory....
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was...
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It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to...
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The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken...
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No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A...
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it...
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To insist on strength … is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
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We composers are at least as significant as the stars who make 14 million...
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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
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Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it....