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Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to ma

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. – John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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Nature
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Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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Duty
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One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true – John Fowles

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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. – John Bunyan

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People are never free of trying to be content. – Murray Bookchin

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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. – Joseph Addison

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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody. – Benjamin Franklin

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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. – Lee Iacocca

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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. – George Will

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Choose your friends with caution plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. – Thomas S. Monson

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