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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more
The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: read more
Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more
The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
