"We are washed both on coming into the……" — James Stephens
"We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last."
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38 Quotes by James Stephens
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What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
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It is by love alone that we understand anything
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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
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Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
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A secret is a weapon and a friend.
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By having much, you are fitted to have more.
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To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
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Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.
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Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
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Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly…
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