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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too,…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons; fathers of wives, uncles, masters; brothers companions and friends. . . .…
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Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what…
— Maureen O'Hara
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
— Chinua Achebe
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All of us have monarchs and sages for kinsmen; nay, angels and archangels for cousins; since in antediluvian days, the sons of…
— Herman Melville
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The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
— Euripides
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I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining…
— Emily Dickinson
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Away! Away! The spell of arms and voices: the white arms of roads, their promise of close embraces and the black arms…
— James Joyce
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A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food…
— Chinua Achebe
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