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/ page 469 of 1205 /He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Less excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
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Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
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He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.
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He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
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Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
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The grass and coloured clay More motion have than they, Joined to the great sunk silences.
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Poppies whose roots are in man's veins Drop, and are ever dropping;...
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When the swift iron burning bee Drained the wild honey of their youth.
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Earth has waited for them, All the time of their growth Fretting for their decay: Now she has them at last!
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Death could drop from the dark As easily as song— But song only dropped,
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it.
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The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
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Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.
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Tea was such a comfort.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
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