the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror

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the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror by Jorge Luis Borges

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the glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die; and the renown of those who have done good service to their country becomes a matter of common knowledge to the multitude, and part of the heritage of posterity

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the glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die; and the renown of those who have done good service to their country becomes a matter of common knowledge to the multitude, and part of the heritage of posterity by Polybius

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the ending’s gonna be great. That’s what I’m convinced of

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the ending’s gonna be great. That’s what I’m convinced of by Dusty Baker

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the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, or lost in a forest remote from all human habitation–a book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us

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the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, or lost in a forest remote from all human habitation–a book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us by Franz Kafka

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pleasure, of course, is a slippery word. Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure’s source

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pleasure, of course, is a slippery word. Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure’s source by Billy Collins

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now as we induldge, in things refined, we hide our hearts, from harder times

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now as we induldge, in things refined, we hide our hearts, from harder times by Billy Joel

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in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom

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in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom by J. R. R. Tolkien

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in God’s name I command you to let me know as soon as you are aware of the arrival of Fastolf; because if he should pass without my knowledge, I promise you that I will have [your] head removed

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in God’s name I command you to let me know as soon as you are aware of the arrival of Fastolf; because if he should pass without my knowledge, I promise you that I will have [your] head removed by Joan of Arc

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human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, butlife obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves

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human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, butlife obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell

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beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell by Albert Einstein

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