A man said to the universe 'Sir, I exist' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.'
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Often beneath the wave, wide from this ledge The dice of drowned men's bones he saw bequeath An embassy.
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The stars have grooved our eyes with old persuasions Of love and hatred, birth,—surcease of nations . . .
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Then took he the wound, smiling, And died, content.
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He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.
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Yet, to the empty trapeze of your flesh, O Magdalene, each comes back to die alone....
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To course that span of consciousness thou'st named The Open Road—thy vision is reclaimed!...
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A man said to the Universe, 'Sir! I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe, 'The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'
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A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."
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A man said to the Universe: 'Sir, I exist!'
'However,' replied the Universe,
'the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'
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'I am enchanted, believe me, To die, thus, In this mediaeval fashion, According to the best legends;
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'Think as I think' said the man, 'or you are abominable. You are a toad.' And after I had thought on it, I said 'I will then, be a toad.'
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I'm afraid the visit of such a distinguished critic may cause my children to become conceited. To you they are wax, but to me, their creator, ...
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If you would inform, a positive and dogmatic manner in advancing your sentiments may provoke contradiction and prevent a candid attention. If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fixed in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave you undisturbed in the possession of your error.
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It takes so little to make people happy. Just a touch, If we know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken, a slight readjustment of some bolt or pin or bearing in the delicate machinery of a soul.
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Habits are safer than rules you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.
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The end will come quickly, my love. There is a pain beyond pain, an agony so intense it shocks the mind into instant oblivion. We'll find immo...
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"Think as I think" said the man, "or you are abominable. You are a toad." And after I had thought on it, I said "I will then, be a toad."
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Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something.
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Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.
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Here's a toast -- To those who challenge us to mind games, but forget to bring their equipment!
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Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.
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You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.
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Each of us should do something every day That we do not want to do But we know we should do, To strengthen our backbone And put iron in our soul.
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Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.
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You often get a better hold upon a problem by going away from it for a time and dismissing it from your mind altogether.
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"I am enchanted, believe me, To die, thus, In this mediaeval fashion, According to the best legends;
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Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.
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There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.
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Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.
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