“We are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.”
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“While both are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”
“Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.”
“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
“Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.”
“If a man knows what it is right to do, he does not require a formal reason.”
“One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.”
“There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.”
“There isn't time—so brief is life—for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account.”
“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”