#vere

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. ↗

— Voltaire

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That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

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I just rediscovered my guitar. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

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Reverence reduces hostility. ↗

— Toba Beta

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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

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Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. ↗

— Josh Billings

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The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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