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Don Quixote
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in these little villages everything is talked about and everything is carped at, and rest assured, as I am, that the priest must be over and above good who forces his parishioners to speak well of him, especially in villages."
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”
― North and South
― North and South
“A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”
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― North and South
“But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be. ”
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― North and South
“People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.”
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“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.”
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Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
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