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’Tis possible, young sir, that some excess
Mars youthful judgment and old men’s no less;
Yet we must take our counsel as we may
For (flying years this lesson still convey),
’Tis worst unwisdom to be overwise,
And not to use, but still correct one’s eyes.

— Arthur Hugh Clough

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Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?

The horrible pleasure of pleasing inferior people.

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A world where nothing is had for nothing.

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That out of sight is out of mind
Is true of most we leave behind.

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