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History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.James A. Garfield
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.William Shakespeare
With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.Charles Dickens
Property has its duties as well as its rights.Thomas Brummond
But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much.John Dryden
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.John Dryden
My mind to me a kingdom is,
Such present joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss.Sir Edward Dyer
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.Samuel Foote
Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.W. S. Gilbert
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.Samuel Johnson