Freedom is the ferment of freedom. The moistened sponge drinks up water greedily the dry one sheds it.
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Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.Oliver Wendell Holmes
Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
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Life is real, life is earnest,
And the shell is not its pen -
"Egg thou art, and egg remainest"
Was not spoken of the hen.
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If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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