“ How earthy old people become — moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ There is no sin nor wrong that gives a man such a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience. ”
- St. Catherine of Siena- Copy
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“ A good book is the very essence of a good man. His virtues survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his actual life are forgotten. All the goodly company of the excellent and great sit around my table, or look down on me from yonder shelves, waiting patiently to answer my questions and enrich me with their wisdom… ”
- Theodore L. Cuyler- Copy
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