God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

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It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it -...

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it -...

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.