"We make trifles of terrors, Ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, When we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear."
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"Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour."
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"Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can."
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"But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?"
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"No one should waste a day."
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"I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes."
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"I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate."
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"There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying."
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"Instead of the vast organization to exploit the weakness of the Many, should we not possess one for the exploitation of the intelligence of the Few?"
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"Only an unhinged movie survives as a disconnected series of images, of peaks, of visual icebergs. It should display not one central idea but many. It should not reveal a coherent philosophy of composition. It must live on, and because of, its glorious ricketiness."
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"We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open"
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"When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh."
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"You should do something that will make your heart dance once a day. If you can't do that because you're too depressed, then do something that will make somebody else's heart dance."
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"You should visit before you pass judgment on a place."
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"I think we should all earn our place in the world. [...] We owe the world something. We owe the world everything."
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"Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed."
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"The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it," I say. "Stay away from him or I'll decide I no longer care."
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"If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not."
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"My Tris should look pale and small--she is pale and small, after all--but instead the room is full of her."
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"I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril."
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