Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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When the last reader reads no more.Oliver Wendell Holmes
I think, I said, I can make it plain to Benjamin Franklin here that there are at least six personalities distinctly to be recognized as taking part in that dialogue between John and Thomas. Three Johns 1. The real John known only to his Maker. 2. Johns ideal John never the real one, and often very unlike him. 3. Thomas ideal John never the real John, nor Johns John, but often very unlike either. Three Thomases 1. The real Thomas. 2. Thomas ideal Thomas. 3. Johns ideal Thomas.
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Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
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