"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."

Design, Wisdom, Thought, Action

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"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."

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"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

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"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."

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"Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"I have yet to learn that I am not designed to carry the burden of men. Rather, I am designed to carry the love of God so that I might soothe the burden of men."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

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"Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn't just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master."

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"Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry."

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"I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera."

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"I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love."

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"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober."

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"If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise."

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"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

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"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

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"The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth."

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"Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."

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"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time."

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