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“We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to apply it.” – Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966)

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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his [...]

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“[The play] ended in a massive attack by U.S. troops, who illustrated egalitarian principles by slaughtering hidalgos, peons, and enslaved Indians alike.” - Michael Feingold; This Week’s Hot New Plays; The Village Voice
  (New York); Oct 2, 2007

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“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson, ecologist

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“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser

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As the day lengthens, the cold strengthens. - Old weather proverb

If March comes in like a lion, 
it will go out like a lamb. 
If March comes in like a lamb,
it will go out like a lion.
- Old weather saying
 

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“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” – Edith Wharton

“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.” - Edith Wharton

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“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see. When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. When you haven’t, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.” – Edouard Manet

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Stendhal

“You hear a traveler speaking of the cool orange groves beside the sea at Genoa in the summer heat: Oh, if you could only share that coolness with her! One of your friends goes hunting, and breaks his arm: wouldn’t it be wonderful to be looked after by the woman you love! To be with [...]

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“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of 10 people couldn’t start a conversation.” – Kin Hubbard

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