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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

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A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

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Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

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If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.

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Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

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Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

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There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.

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Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Poet

Born: February 2nd, 1882

Died: December 26th, 1950

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