Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the…

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He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one...

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...