"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."

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Source : Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1838). “The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Preface. Formula fidei de ss. Trinitate. Nightly prayer. Notes on the book of common prayer; Hooker; Field; Donne; Henry More; Heinrichs; Hacket; Jeremy Taylor; The pilgrim's progress; John Smith. Letter to a godchild”, p.186

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and watching people recreate a story, and doing it myself, as well.”

Source : "Liana Liberato Talks ERASED, Relating to Her Character, Working with Aaron Eckhart, STUCK IN LOVE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 22, 2013.
“I started this foundation when I was diagnosed. It was established for one reason, and that was to try to find a cure for MS. Every penny, 100% of the public donations that come into this are given back out in the form of grants to colleges and researchers around the world.”
“My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. Women in the old China did not choose. Some man had commanded her to lie with him and be his secret evil.”
“There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.”
“Pascal and Voltaire both probably had IQs in the neighborhood of 200.”
“Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune.”

Source : Kate Forsyth (2007). “The Gypsy Crown: Chain of Charms 1”, Pan Australia
“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.”
“Great music is in the ear of the beholder.”

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