To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.
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Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.Mark Van Doren
Hope is thrust
Like wind away, and love sinks into lust
For merest safety, meanest of levelers.
Mark Van Doren
Memory holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life... the companion... the tutor, the poet, the library, with which you travel.
Mark Van Doren
Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.
Mark Van Doren
That God should love me is more wonderful
Than that I so imperfectly love him.
Mark Van Doren
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