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  • Carole King He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
    Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
    Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
    And his hand come down empty...
    Tapestry (1971)
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • John Donne He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge.
    The Sign of the Four (1890)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Abraham Lincoln He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when the sentence was about to be pronounced, pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was orphan.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Oscar Wilde He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bram Stoker He seemed so confident that I, remembering my own confidence two nights before and with the baneful result, felt awe and vague terror. It must have been my weakness that made me hesitate to tell it to my friend, but I felt it all the more, like unshed tears.
    Dracula (1897) Dr. John Seward
    Bram Stoker
    Irish author (1847 - 1912)
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  • Hilarie Belloc He served his God so faithfully and well
    that now he sees him face to face, in Hell.
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  • William Hazlitt He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Norman Douglas He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
    Norman Douglas
    British Author (1868 - 1952)
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  • Bayard Taylor He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Baltasar Gracian He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Joel Hawes He that cannot decidedly say, ''No,'' when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Samuel Johnson He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.''
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Francis Bacon He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Richard Hooker He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
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  • Sigmund Freud He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Jeremy Collier He that has his own troubles and the happiness of his neighbours to disturb him has work enough.
    Jeremy Collier
    English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (1650 - 1726)
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