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An abridgement may be a bridge: it may help us over the water: but it keeps us from drinking. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes. – William Blake

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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller

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Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke

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