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Impertinence

"Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum." (John Updike)

Monday, January 23, 2006

Micawber's Quote for the Day

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider." - Francis Bacon, Essays
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