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C. S. Lewis quote: "I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it..."
I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. C. S. Lewis
Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wineand the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour outto offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are... Euripides
Joan D. Vinge quote: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death."
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. Joan D. Vinge
Dodie Smith quote: "How can a young man like to wear a beard?"
How can a young man like to wear a beard? Dodie Smith
He, unfortunately for himself, had been beautifully brought up. His teacher had educated him as the child is educated in the womb, where it lives the history of man from fish to mammal--and, like the child in the womb, he had been protected with love meanwhile. The effect of such an education was that he had grown up without any of the useful accomplishments for living--without malice, vanity, suspicion, cruelty, and the commoner forms of selfishness. Jealousy seemed to him the most... T. H. White
Terry Prachett quote: "Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there...."
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck. Terry Prachett
Franklin D. Roosevelt quote: "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who,..."
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jeff Cooper quote: "There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix. With seven..."
There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix. With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six. Jeff Cooper
Publilius Syrus quote: "No man is happy unless he believes he is."
No man is happy unless he believes he is. Publilius Syrus
Norman Mailer quote: "There is a no man's land between sex and love, and it alters..."
There is a no man's land between sex and love, and it alters in the night. Norman Mailer
J. K. Rowling quote: "Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."
Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure. J. K. Rowling
Voltaire quote: "Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few..."
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. Voltaire
Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run Sting
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him. Thomas Carlyle

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