"Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use."

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Source : Sir John Denham (1719). “Poems and Translations: With The Sophy, a Tragedy. Written by the Honourable Sir John Denham, ...”, p.94

John Denham

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“Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.”

Source : "Mr. Blasberg's Book Corner: Gaia". Interview with Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 1, 2011.
“The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.”
“But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying.”
“Hope you're working hard, because I am!!!”
“A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance, its delicate bloom of beauty.”
“The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.”

Source : Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.
“A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.”

Source : Charles Philip Issawi (1999). “Growing Up Different: Memoirs of a Middle East Scholar”, Darwin Press, Incorporated
“It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.”

Source : Elizabeth David (2011). “A Taste of the Sun”, p.68, Penguin UK

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