Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water.
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There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul's garden, which I love to have watered once a week.
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Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
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Freedom is the ferment of freedom. The moistened sponge drinks up water greedily the dry one sheds it.
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Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
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