By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an … - Thomas B. Macaulay

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My brother says I'm too famous to hang around with him.

Thomas B. Macaulay

By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colors.

Art, Color, Illusion, Manner, Mean

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

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People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

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People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

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My brother says I'm too famous to hang around with him.

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Wendell Berry

We are now, measurably, reducing the availability of these life-supporting goods which we can think of (though only on the conditions of good health and good care) as self-renewing or "sustainable. " We are also destroying rapidly the supplies of the fossil fuels, which are limited and not renewable, and on which we have become totally dependent.

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Bruno Schulz

Could it be that time is too narrow for all events? Could it happen that all the seats within time might have been sold? Worried, we run along the train of events, preparing ourselves for the journey.

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Radhanath Swami

Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.

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