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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat… — James Shirley Copy Share Image
Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present.… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
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Bystanders wandered in and out of the merchant's stall, passing the time, talking of dreams they might purchase. Workers and slaves stooped… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
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When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and shitting… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
“O, blackberry tart, with berries as big as your thumb, purple and black, and thick with juice, and a crust to endear… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
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There is commerciality in storytelling, even in a film or a piece of literature. These things exist. That's why stories came to… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners.… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
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The sun of her [Great Britain] glory is fast descending to the horizon. Her philosophy has crossed the Channel, her freedom the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Like its Senate counterpart, H.R. 1908 is the product of years of bipartisan collaboration. And now, by passing S. 1145, the U.S.… — Viet D. Dinh Copy Share Image
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