The Men O what venerable and reverend creatures did the aged seem Immortal Cherubims And young men glittering and sparkling angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving j.
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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.Thomas Traherne
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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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