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Clarity is not a characteristic of the human spirit.


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Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.



There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.



The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.



I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.



The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.



A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.



A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.



Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.



Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.



The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.





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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.



The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.



Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.



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We wasn't born to be all the time scared, we was born happy.



I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it.

I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it.



...It's natural to believe in the supernatural. It never feels natural to accept only natural things.

...It's natural to believe in the supernatural. It never feels natural to accept only natural things.



There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin.

There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin.



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When you're growing up, you just take what you've got.



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