There is no real wealth but the labor of people. Were the mountains of gold and silver, the … - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

There is no real wealth but the labor of people. Were the mountains of gold and silver, the world would not be one grain of corn the richer; no one comfort would be added to the human race.

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Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

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When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.

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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

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