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«Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.»
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
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Books,
Literature
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«Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time»
Author: Edwin P. Whipple
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Books
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«Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.»
«Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected»
Author: Marilyn French
(Writer)
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Inferiority
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«I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.»
«Character is the firm foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.»
Author: R. C. Samsel
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Character
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«Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.»
«HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe. _House of Correction_, a place of reward for political and personal service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations. _House of God_, a building with a steeple and a mortgage on it. _House-dog_, a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor. _House-maid_, a youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously disagreeable and ingeniously unclean in the station in which it has pleased God to place her.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«God has erected the temple of the body; He has placed the nine doors, and the soul-bride sits within. She enjoys the sweet play again and again, while the five demons are plundering her.»
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