"There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England."

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Source : Sir Edward Coke, Steve Sheppard (2003). “The selected writings and speeches of Sir Edward Coke”, Liberty Fund Inc.

Edward Coke

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“I am a human being, not a human doing. Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don't . . , you aren't.”
“Let's build bridges, not walls.”
“I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.”

Source : Edward Bellamy (2016). “Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887: American literature”, p.2, VM eBooks
“When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.”
“Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.”
“I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.”
“As long as we work on God's line, He will aid us. When we attempt to work on our own lines, He rebukes us with failure.”
“An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.”

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