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“For all the toll the desert takes of a man it gives compensations, deep breaths, deep sleep, and the communion of the stars.”
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“A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.”
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“Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.”
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“... the most elementary experience of life proves that the effects of compulsion last exactly as long as the physical or moral club can be applied.”
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“Unlike modern military codes, ancient texts are almost never purposely misleading, purposely scrambled. ... indeed, literacy was so uncommon until classical times that the very writing of a message sufficed to keep it from almost everybody.”
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“Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes too small.”
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“Christianity has not failed; it isn't often seriously tried.”
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“... the tormented world cries out for internationhood, for co-existence in a harmony of diversity and mutual aid, for an end to self-segregation along secondary or superficial or downright imbecilic lines.”