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[I]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental… — John Locke Copy Share Image
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To like things like, whatever one may ail; There is certain help. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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The care leadership strategy is simple: be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Talking about personal mastery may open… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
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Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
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A successful poem says what a poet wants to say, and more, with particular finality. The remarks he makes about his poems… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
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