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"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."

"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."

"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

"Custom is second nature."

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

"In the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."

"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."
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"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public."

"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!"

"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man."

"They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch."
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