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The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water


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Brahma is the great Creator, Life a mystic drama; Heaven, and Earth, and living Nature Are but masks of Brahma.



The highest art is always the most religious; and the greatest artist is always a devout man. A scoffing Raphael or Michael Angelo is not conceivable.

The highest art is always the most religious; and the greatest artist is always a devout man. A scoffing Raphael or Michael Angelo is not conceivable.



All powers, all laws, are but the fair Embodied thoughts of God.

All powers, all laws, are but the fair Embodied thoughts of God.



Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.



Order is the law of all intelligible existence.

Order is the law of all intelligible existence.



All things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well.

All things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well.



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A fair face without a fair soul is like a glass eye that shines and sees nothing.





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We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.



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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.



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