“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”
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“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”
“A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it”
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him”
“If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.”
“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”