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Quote by Walt Whitman
There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. – Walt Whitman

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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman

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Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. – Albert Einstein

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The judicial mind is too commonly characterized by a regard for a fourth decimal as the equal of a whole number. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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It takes a while, but eventually we appreciate that the people who were always there for the special occasions of our youth had other things to do. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. – Sid Caesar

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