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"Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought."

"There is an undeniable truth that as one progresses further in his understanding of a craft the rest of his life progresses along with it. This symbiotic relationship between all things is experienced on a daily basis, but rarely articulated through conscious thought."

"Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects."

"One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better."

"Out of clutter, find simplicity."

"Our intellect holds the same position in the world of thought as our body occupies in the expanse of nature."

"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"
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"I always love to begin a journey on Sundays because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water."

"Yet, Malice never was his Aim;He lash'd the Vice but spar'd the Name. No individual could resent,Where thousands equally were meant. His Satry points at no Defect, But what all Mortals may correct...Verses on the death of Dr Swift."

"When I am reading a book whether wise or silly it seems to me to be alive and talking to me."
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