It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own. - H. G. Wells

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Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in them that makes a good-natured noise like laughter through the keyhole of the reader's mind.

H. G. Wells

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.

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We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories. . . And those that carry us forward, are dreams.

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We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

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The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

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Am I dreaming? Has the world gone mad--or have I?

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You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.

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As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.

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Corra May Harris

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John Locke

The Commonwealth of Learning is not at this time without Master-Builders, whose mighty Designs, in advancing the Sciences, will leave lasting Monuments to the Admiration of Posterity; But every one must not hope to be a Boyle, or a Sydenham; and in an Age that produces such Masters, as the Great-Huygenius, and the incomparable Mr. Newton, with some other of that Strain; 'tis Ambition enough to be employed as an Under-Labourer in clearing Ground a little, and removing some of the Rubbish, that lies in the way to Knowledge.

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Robert Baden-Powell

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.

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If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats.

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