Common sense isn't.
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| Pleas'd me, long choosing and beginning late. |
| ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost. Book ix. Line 26. ~ |
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| The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carried off a million years ago. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 2, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). ~ |
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| In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 61, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970). ~ |
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| Farewell! For in that word, that fatal word,-howe'er We promise, hope, believe,-there breathes despair. |
| ~ Lord Byron, The Corsair. Canto i. Stanza 15. ~ |
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| Like beautiful flowers that have no fragrance, fine words which are not acted upon are fruitless. |
| ~Flowers ~ |
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| "Eeyore," said Owl, "Christopher Robin is giving a party." "Very interesting," said Eeyore. "I suppose they will be sending me down the odd bits which got trodden on. Kind and Thoughtful. Not at all, don't mention it." |
| ~ -- Eeyore is invited to a party _Winnie-the-Pooh_, p. 137 ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. White-Jacket (1850), ch. 6, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 5, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1969). ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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