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Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with…

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I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to…
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with…
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such…
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may…
Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus,…
I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us, such as…
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating…
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger,…
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than…
The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.

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When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress… — Sun Tzu
For the production of man a different apprenticeship [from forests] was needed to sharpen the wits and quicken the higher manifestations of… — Raymond Dart
I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun, Radiance of moon, Splendour of fire. Speed of lightning, Swiftness of… — Saint Patrick
In our view any awareness is an increment to consciousness, an added light, a reinforcement of psychic coherence. Its swiftness or instantaneity… — Gaston Bachelard
Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of… — Oscar Wilde
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. — Potter Stewart
We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running. — William Shakespeare
There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on… — Bill McCollum
The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no moon. The… — Yasunari Kawabata
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start — Jean de La Fontaine
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness… — Frances E. Willard
Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as… — Steven Pinker

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