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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule. ”
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. ”
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. ”
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. ”
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. ”
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. ”
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. ”
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. ”
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. ”
Usually, a band 20 years into its existence doesn't put out its best records. ”