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Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.
He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]
Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chicken
kept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked.
Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chicken
kept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
