"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."
-Edward Young
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"The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought."
-Edward Young
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"The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety."
-Edward Young
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"Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure."
-Edward Young
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"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."
-Edward Young
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"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die."
-Edward Young
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"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
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"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin
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"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
-Michael Collins
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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
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