Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
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The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
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The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.
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