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pentateuch read in 04/03/2024- the language of kjv was generally pretty good & quite beautiful or striking at times. genesis was definitely the most fascinating book. jacob strikes me as an odysseus figure. josephs story in egypt was really emotional
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“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.”
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“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious.”
― On the Concept of History
― On the Concept of History
“The time is out of joint—O cursèd spite,
That ever I was born to set it right!”
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That ever I was born to set it right!”
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“Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee?—This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.”
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
― The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“Everyone knows how useful usefulness is, but no one seems to know how useful uselessness is.”
― Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries
― Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries
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