English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.
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No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy — unless you let him. -Hill, Napoleon
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Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. -Klee, Paul
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. -Klee, Paul
Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. -FeNelon, Francois
Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. -FeNelon, Francois
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If a man’s eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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"Somebody could not write 1 but could write 2" – Asare Ben Chris(ABC)
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Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry
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