The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
BILL VAUGHANDeep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each other as members of the same species.
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There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.
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Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
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The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
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The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have penetrated the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet. What philosophy can calculate the vibrations of the heart before it can distinguish the colours of love?
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In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who’s reading it.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
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