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Thomas Traherne Quotes: An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
         

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.


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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.



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Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.



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To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.





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