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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge read more
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is
limited. Imagination encircles the world.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
[Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride read more
Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
[Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the Devil.]
Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to
worship by all means the gods of the read more
Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to
worship by all means the gods of the place.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam read more
From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
