How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year

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He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

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Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

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He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

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Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.

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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.

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A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.

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Revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse.

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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

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