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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
forbidden insult love mechanical philosophy sexes sin subject time
Love between sexes is a sin in theology, a forbidden intercourse in jurisprudence, a mechanical insult in medicine, and a subject philosophy has no time for. Karl Kraus
forbidden leads result
When anything is forbidden, everything which leads to the same result is also forbidden Latin Proverb
forbidden written
For it is written that just as it is forbidden to partake of the forbidden, it is forbidden not to partake of the permitted. David Mamet
forbidden-love long desire
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. Francois Rabelais
forbidden fortunate indians inherent laws liberty obey possess pursuit race white
That the Indians possess the inherent right of expatriation as well as the more fortunate white race, and have the inalienable right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' so long as they obey the laws and do not trespass on forbidden ground. Standing Bear
forbidden compulsory
Everything that is not forbidden is compulsory. Murray Gell-Mann
forbidden-love excess kind
There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
forbidden accounts
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted. Marcus Tullius Cicero
forbidden dies
Why have I always been forbidden to touch him? (Stryker) Ours it not to question why. Ours is but to live or die. (Apollymi) Sherrilyn Kenyon