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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are mor

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. – John Burroughs

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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see. – John Burroughs

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Thinking of You
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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alone
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. – Jean de La Fontaine

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I heard the old, old, men say all thats beautiful drifts away, like the waters. – William Butler Yeats

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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. – Aristotle

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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. – Eric Hoffer

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