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Natures great masterpiece, an elephant the only harmless great thi

Natures great masterpiece, an elephant the only harmless great thing. – John Donne

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We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to the liberty of the house; prisoners still, though within larger walls; and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. – John Donne

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. – John Donne

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Beauty
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Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; for, thus friends absent speak. – John Donne

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Letters
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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet shell be constantly running back. – Horace

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Human nature is not of itself vicious. – Thomas Paine

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The primary and most beautiful of Natures qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. – Marquis de Sade

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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. – Sallust

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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. – Norman Douglas

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Ive always been an animal lover. Ive grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on Lassie, I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie. – Will Estes

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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. – Andre Gide

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Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. – Plato

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