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A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

William Shakespeare

Upon hearing the news of the French defeat at Malplaquet:

Has God forgotten all I have done for him?

Louis XIV of France

'Who controls the past', ran the party slogan, 'controls the future: Who controls the present controls the past.'

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

Edgar Allan Poe

"I am afraid", replied Elinor, "that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Edgar Allan Poe

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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

If you want work well done, select a busy man‚ the other kind has no time.

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.