SaturdayMay 30, 2026
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Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
William Hazlitt
Some who had received a liberal education at the Colleges of Unreason, and taken the highest degrees in hypothetics, which are their principal study.
Samuel Butler, the Younger
The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master something that, at times, strangely wills and works for itself.
Charlotte Brontë
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