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Archive 3

 

 

“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”

——John1:1-5

 

“The first step to wisdom is to avoid the common fallacy which considers everything profound that is obscure.

——Gregory Nunn.

 

“I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

——Omar Khayyam.

 

“Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.”

——Milton.

 

“One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is

nothing good of him but that which is underground.”

——Samuel Butler.

 

“See one mountain, see them all.”

——Socrates.

 

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then, success is sure.”

——Mark Twain.

 

“Away with these trappings to the vulgar; I know them in and out.

——Persius.

 

“Keep no secrets of thyself from thyself.”

——Greek proverb.

 

“Bitter the jest when satire comes too near truth and leaves a sharp sting behind it.”

——Tacitus.

 

“Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.”

——Philo.

 


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