"But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye."

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Source : Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”

Thomas Dunn English

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“You imagination is more important than your knowledge.”
“Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers.”

Source : William Fleming (1858). “Vocabulary of Philosophy Psychological, Ethical, Metaphysical by William Fleming”, p.410
“I have always been allergic to telephones. As far as I am concerned, they are very seldom time-savers and very often the destroyers of schedules.”

Source : Frances Parkinson Keyes (1972). “All flags flying: reminiscences of Frances Parkinson Keyes”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Without the will, marriage is a mockery; without emotion, it is a drudgery. You need both.”
“Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.”
“Art is not just about what's great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It's a mirror we hold up that looks different to everyone who sees it, and whose beauty lies as much in us, and our capacity to dream...”
“In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem.”
“I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.”

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