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- Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.
- From the I Ching
- If you can read this, thank a teacher.
- Anonymous teacher
- I live for books.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.
- Tom Hanks (1956 - ), Forrest Gump
- The Net interprets censorship as damage... and routes around it.
- John Gilmore
- Service...
Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give. - Damien Hess
- And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
- John Dryden (1631 - 1700), Imitation of Horace
- For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. - William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride
- Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
- Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), Cato
- Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps;
And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. - Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Night Thoughts
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