A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.
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The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting.
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You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars.
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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
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It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the world is yours Do you not covet all Do you not long to have it to en.
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Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.
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