The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
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Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale.Oliver Wendell Holmes
You think they are crusaders sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of sentiment And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice of Melody And break the legs of Time.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.
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A general flavor of mild decay.
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The brightest blades grow dim with rust, The fairest meadow white with snow.
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