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For one man is my world of all the men this wide world holds; O love, my world is you. -Rossetti, Christina
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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. -Lichtenberg, Georg C.
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. -Lichtenberg, Georg C.
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War is the father of all things. But who is the mother? -Kocher, Gerhard
War is the father of all things. But who is the mother? -Kocher, Gerhard
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. -Channing, William Ellery
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. -Channing, William Ellery