"Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not."
-Laurence Sterne
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"Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his nature.“
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"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself."
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-John Cusack
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"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
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