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“When I see the blindness and the wretchedness of man, when I regard the whole silent universe, and man without light, left to himself, and, as it were, lost in this corner of the universe, without knowing who has put him there, what he has come to do, what will become of him at death, and incapable of all knowledge, I become terrified, like a man who should be carried in his sleep to a dreadful desert island, and should awake without knowing where he is, and without means of escape. And thereupon I wonder how people in a condition so wretched do not fall into despair.”
― Pensées by Blaise Pascal
― Pensées by Blaise Pascal
“Before I end this letter, I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men rule under this roof. November 2, 1800.”
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
“For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land.”
― U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
― U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
“While President, I have been President, emphatically; I have used every ounce of power there was in the office.…I do not believe that any President ever had as thoroughly good a time as I have had, or has ever enjoyed himself as much.”
― The Big Stick, 1905–1909: 1905–1907 (Volume 5)
― The Big Stick, 1905–1909: 1905–1907 (Volume 5)
“If we can’t face our losses, we can’t be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life.”
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