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Art is not to throw light but to be light.


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The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.

The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.



Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.

Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.



Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?

Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest?



Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.

Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.



Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.



God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.

God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.



You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.

You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.



Think enough and you won't know anything.

Think enough and you won't know anything.



Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.

Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.



There are so many little dyings How do we know which one of them is death?

There are so many little dyings How do we know which one of them is death?





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Everything is relative; and only that is absolute.

Everything is relative; and only that is absolute.



If we say that we have no sin, We deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us. Why then belike we must sin, And so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death.

If we say that we have no sin, We deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us. Why then belike we must sin, And so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death.



He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one

He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one



People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.

People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.



I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.



There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.

There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.



I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.

I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.



Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.

Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.




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