Two Sides
No matter how thin you slice it there always will be two sides. ~ Baruch Spinoza
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What God Chose To Make Me
I’d rather be what God chose to make than the most glorious creature I could think of; for to be thought about, born in God’s thought, & made by God, is the dearest, grandest & most precious thing
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Educating The Heart
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. ~ Aristotle
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Above The Mark
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Better Left Unsaid
I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. ~ Cato
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As You Simplify Your Life
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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The Kindling Of A Flame
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. ~ Socrates
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In All Things Of Nature
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle
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Tact Is the Knack
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. ~ Isaac Newton
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My Thirst For Books
I am unable to satisfy my thirst for books. Gold, silver, precious stones, beautiful clothing, marbled homes, cultivated fields, painted canvases, decorated horses and other similar things, possess silent and superficial pleasure. Books please the core of one’s mind. ~ Francesco Petrarch
