“It's in vain . . . to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.”

― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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“Take heed, I have often heard it said in a vulgar proverb, the wise may be instructed by a fool.”

― François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel

“If ya want a linguistic adventure, go drinkin' with a Scotsman. 'Cause ya couldn't fucking understand them before...”

― Robin Williams, Robin Williams Live On Broadway

“It is a good lesson—though it may often be a hard one—for a man who has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for himself a rank among the world's dignitaries by such means, to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are...”

― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.”

― Heraclitus, On Nature

“He gave his honours to the world again, his blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.”

― William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

“Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.”

― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

“if there is no communal feeling between you and other people, try to be near to things — they will not abandon you.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“They were as sublime as the moon and stars above them, and the moon and stars were as ardent as they.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

“Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not only from her liking for students but also from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find new...”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“We don't have time to rush too fast with a kid who has as much chance of being a monster as a military genius.”

― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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