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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
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There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.
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A book is like a man: clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
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A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
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A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
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All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
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Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
The Hand in the Dark And Other Poems -
Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.
Faceboek (2011) -
Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
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Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood.
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As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.
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Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers.
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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But at my back I always hear time's winged chariot hurrying near.
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But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
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