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Who talks much, must talk in vain.


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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.



Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.

Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.



Thus shadow owes its birth to light.

Thus shadow owes its birth to light.



Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.



Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.



Envy is a kind of praise.

Envy is a kind of praise.



You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.



And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.



Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.



From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.





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When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.

When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.



The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.



As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.

As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.



There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.



In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.



Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.

Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.



In the evening Everything has a schedule, if you can find out what it is.

In the evening Everything has a schedule, if you can find out what it is.



One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.



My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.

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