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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our…
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In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.
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Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child…
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To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.
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When we build, let us think that we build forever.
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In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet,…
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There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals.
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Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
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Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing,…
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Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.
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Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
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All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.
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Science lives only in quiet places, and with odd people, mostly poor.
— John Ruskin
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I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it…
— Henry Cavill
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I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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I do find it odd people choose to do stuff that makes them look like crazy Hollywood faces, but I've got zero…
— Julie Bowen
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Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga.…
— Peter York
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So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.
— Helen McCrory
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Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there...
— Barbara Pym
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I thought I was an odd person, and since my hometown had only about 70,000 people in it, I knew I was…
— Maud Adams
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