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I often derive a peculiar satisfaction in conversing with the ancient and modern dead, — who yet live and speak excellently in… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
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What is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written "Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
(...)how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to… — Christopher McCandless Copy Share Image
Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
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MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the media, schoolbooks,… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
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He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was… — John Keats Copy Share Image
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Geological facts being of an historical nature, all attempts to deduce a complete knowledge of them merely from their still, subsisting consequences,… — Richard Kirwan Copy Share Image
Blood in the water I sing, and one who shed it: deadliest hunger I sing, and one who fed it- weaving the… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
We have a text before us, an ancient text, a living text, and we try to enter it, not only to decipher… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
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In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created… — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
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Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
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