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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
~William Shakespeare~

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“Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”


Oscar Wilde

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I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
~Susan B. Anthony~

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"No-one thinks of winter when the grass is green.".

Kipling

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Achilles Heel the next quote must contain the last word of the last poster's quote, in this case the word was "stand" so I wll continue.

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”


Albert Einstein

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I STAND corrected. :brick:

He saw; but blasted with excess of light,
Closed his eyes in endless night.

On Milton.

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No worries Achilles.


“Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.”


Millard Fuller

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overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
~Friedrich Nietzsche~

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“Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness”


Kahlil Gibran

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Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
~Aristotle~