"The next way home's the farthest way about."

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“Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.”

“Thou art my life, my way, my light”

“Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true. Where lies are easily admitted the father of lies will not easily be excluded.”

“The world's an Inn; and I her guest.”

“Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: He that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger.”

“It is the lot of man but once to die.”

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— William Winwood Reade

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Science1933–2021

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"Serious reflexion about one's own character will often induce a curious sense of emptiness; and if one knows another person well, one may sometimes intuit a similar void in him."

— Iris Murdoch

Philosophy1919–1999

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