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I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by...
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Well done is better than well said.
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One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell...
Quote #6997
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
Quote #13397
Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the earth.
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It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
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On the touchstone of misfortune a man discovers the strength of understanding and of...
Quote #21901
To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound...
Quote #26911
The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Quote #27571
Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always...