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- In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- The trust I have is in mine innocence,
and therefore am I bold and resolute. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- The sands are number'd that make up my life.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- No amount of artificial reinforcement can offset the natural inequalities of human individuals.
- Henry P. Fairchild
- Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
- William Penn (1644 - 1718)
- To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
- e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
- His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Hobbit
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), A Tale of Two Cities
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