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• The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices… — George Santayana
• Consciousness... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it… — William James
• Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. — Livy
• Our adversaries, numerous and formidable, will say, and will have the right to say, that our Principe CrÇateur is identical… — Albert Pike
• O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse,… — Plato
• For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and… — Arthur Machen
• We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though… — Horace Greeley
• A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours… — Douglas William Jerrold
• It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along… — Kenneth Grahame
• Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its sourceFor, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is… — Arthur Machen
• The dimness of our intellectual eyes Aristotle fitly compares to those of an owl at noonday. — Robert Boyle
• Politician has a bad habit of stealing, most of them are already fitly rich and has enough money, that there… — Glen Rambharack

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