The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.William Dean Howells
The knowledge of your helplessness in any circumstances is so perfect that it begets a sense of irresponsibility, almost of security and as you drowse upon the pallet of the sleeping car, and feel yourself hurled forward through the obscurity, you are almost thankful that you can do nothing, for it is upon this condition only that you can endure it and some such condition as this, I suppose, accounts for many heroic facts in the world.
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Primitive societies without religion have never been found.
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Nay, to earth's life in mine some prescience, or dream, or desire
(How shall I name it aright?
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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
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Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
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