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He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

— Alfred the Great

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Remember what punishments befell us in this world when we ourselves did not cherish learning nor transmit it to other men.

Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!

I desired to live worthily as long as I lived, and to leave after my life, to the men who should come after me, the memory of me in good works.

When the Sun
Clearest shineth
Serenest in the heaven,
Quickly are obscured
All over the earth
Other stars.

The Founder of the English
MONARCHY and LIBERTY.

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