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Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.


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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.



Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.



To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.



Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.



Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.



I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.



A house without books is like a room without windows.

A house without books is like a room without windows.



Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.



A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.



Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.





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once, a boy told a girl : i will stay with you forever, little did she know that his forever is only three months because..he died of cancer!



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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.



How do I soothe his ache when mine was a big gaping hole large enough for both of us to fit in?

How do I soothe his ache when mine was a big gaping hole large enough for both of us to fit in?



Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.

Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.



Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.

Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.



We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.

We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.



Your husband is lazy if the directions on his medicine say, "A teaspoon before going to bed," and in one day he uses seven bottles.

Your husband is lazy if the directions on his medicine say, "A teaspoon before going to bed," and in one day he uses seven bottles.



Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.



It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.

It's not what you have at the end of life, it's what you leave behind that matters.




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