"All schools, all colleges have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge."

-- Mark Twain

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“Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls.”
“The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.”

Source : Letter to Sophie Germain, April 30, 1807.
“Let a fool be made serviceable according to his folly.”
“There was I thinking being a shifter had its upsides. Looks like I was wrong.”
“Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that fatigue is not going to be a problem. We're going to play with full effort from snap to whistle on every play the entire game.”
“Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.”

Source : Susanna Moodie (2010). “Life in the Clearings versus the Bush”, p.356, New Canadian Library
“The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.”
“So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army - then you know what a dictatorship depends on for its existence.”

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