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 When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.  But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world as in my tyme. But age, alias! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith. Lat go, farewel! the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namoore to telle; The bren, as I best kan, now most I selle. To always be intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed. Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. He's no failure. He's not dead yet. Enthusiasm signifies God in us. To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster. We couldn't possibly know where it would lead, but we knew it had to be done. If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen. Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them. Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. What is actual is actual only for one time. And only for one place. If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world. It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number. - Cicero I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. - Socrates Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. 
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