"Man is a substance clad in shadows." — John Sterling
"Man is a substance clad in shadows."
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John Sterling
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11 Quotes by John Sterling
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Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
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Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
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Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
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There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many…
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The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.
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Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
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The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.
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Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
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Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.
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He stands in history as the completer of the globe.
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