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"Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not."
"If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand."
"It costs more to doe ill then to doe well. [It costs more to do ill than to do well.]"
"When somebody does something which everybody really wants to do, then it makes everyone else try a little bit harder and strive for something better, and it's good."
"It's more paine to doe nothing then something."
"When the country prospers, everyone does. In music and in everything."
"Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time."
"He loves you, really he does. He'd love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you."
"A little of what you fancy does you good."
"When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does."
"It stirs up envy, fame does."
"The march of humanity, springing as it does from an infinite multitude of individual wills, is continuous."
"Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us."
"Prayer is not one of the many things the community does. Rather, it is its very beingBut when prayer is no longer its primary concern, and when its many activities are no longer seen and experienced as part of prayer itself, the community quickly degenerates into a club with a common cause but no common vocation."
"It is not that the university as such is against spiritual formation. It is just that often the university does not know how to integrate spiritual formation within its academic disciplines."
"Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist? O'Brien: Of course he exists. Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me? O'Brien: You do not exist."
"No man should be allowed to be the President who does not understand hogs, or hasn't been around a manure pile."
"Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are."
"Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. “You are too skinny for him,” Jhiqui was saying. “You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.” Irri bristled back. “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows."