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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. – Henry David Thoreau

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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. – Frederick Douglass

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In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. – George Orwell

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At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks. – e. e. cummings

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The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. – Rene Descartes

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