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Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
 Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is 
incumbent on me to know my read more 
 Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is 
incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know 
its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very 
atoms. 
 The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill 
your pipe with that 'ere reflection.  
 The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill 
your pipe with that 'ere reflection. 
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and read more
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit read more
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in read more
Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven read more
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell