"Why should we rise because 'tis light? Did we lie down because t'was night?"
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"Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom's eyes."
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"We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing."
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"O dearer far than light and life are dear."
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"Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove."
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"At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day."
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"A light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove."
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"Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns."
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"The lights of Saxon England were going out, and in the gathering darkness a gentle, grey-beard prophet foretold the end. When on his death-bed Edward spoke of a time of evil that was coming upon the land his inspired mutterings struck terror into the hearers."
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"I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can shine out, instead of accepting the darkness of Communism."
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"The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves."
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"The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet."
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"Imagination is a flame that ignites the creative spirit. Imagination lights up your mind by stoking mental fires. It can be stimulated from the outside through the senses, or from the inside through the driving power of curiosity and discontent."
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"Tolerance is understanding. It is open to new light. Those who are tolerant are always eager to explore viewpoints other than their own."
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"It is time to browse through the precious books that have meant the most to you that you may rediscover illuminating phrases and sentences to light your pathway to the future."
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"Waiting for supply-side economics to work is like leaving the landing lights on for Amelia Earhart."
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"What I've learned from fighting is that the lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do in your camp! Once the doors close there can be no lie or deception and the lights will tell all!"
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"The lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do in your camp!"
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"Once the doors close there can be no lie or deception and the lights will tell all!"
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"The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning..."
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