Literature is an investment in genius which pays back dividends to all subsequent times.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
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The natural forces crush and destroy man when he transgresses them, as they destroy or neutralize one another.
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