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The mistake you make is in trying to figure it out. -- Tenessee William
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall.
-- Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) -- The Mistletoe Bough...
Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be,--a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
-- Plutarc...
Themistocles said that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it ou
when it is contracted and f...
Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrume
could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious....
Themistocles said to Antiphales, "Time, young man, has taught us both a lesson.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
The Mob And The Government Are No Differe
The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease.
The mockingbird can change its tune eighty-seven times in seven minutes.
Politicians regard this interesting fact with envy....
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort. -- Oliver Wendell Holme

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