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Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.

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Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?

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Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.

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Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell >From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific.

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For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè.

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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

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There is no learned man but will confess be hath much profited by reading controversies,--his senses awakened, his judgment sharpened, and the truth which he holds firmly established. If then it be profitable for him to read, why should it not at least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write? In logic they teach that contraries laid together, more evidently appear; it follows then, that all controversy being permitted, falsehood will appear more false, and truth the more true; which must needs conduce much to the general confirmation of an implicit truth.

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How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.

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Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

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True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

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Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

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Solitude is sometimes best society.

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Now I see Peace to corrupt no less than war to waste.

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So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.

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Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

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Freely we serve, because freely we love.

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Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

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O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

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A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.

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