"Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like Moses in his basket among the bulrushes."

-- Mary McCarthy

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“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 218, 1895.
“A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.”
“The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a see-er. There can only be a seeing which itself is Truth.”

Source : Wei Wu Wei (2004). “All Else is Bondage: Non-volitional Living”, p.10, Sentient Publications
“And yet what is Modernism? It is undefined.”
“I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.”
“Foreign correspondence has a natural element of romanticism - and this could be seen as soon as that class of professional reporter emerged in the last half of the 19th century.”

Source : "The Romance and Reality of Foreign Reporting". Interview with Jack Shafer, www.slate.com. December 29, 2009.
“Outward success alienates a man from himself.”
“If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.”

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