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" Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. "
Silent
Life
Conspiracy
" Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. "
Born
Bottom
Detective
" He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. "
Lightly
He
Emotion
" Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. "
Kind
Fear
Unknown
" Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. "
Heart
Though
Soul
" The best prayers have often more groans than words. "
Often
Than
Words
" The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. "
Charm
Elusive
Fishing
" There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. "
May
Happiness
Two
" The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. "
Things
Robe
Years
" The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. "
Greatness
Task
Leadership
" The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. "
Who
Snob
Rather
" To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. "
Time
Best
Live
" We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. "
Pay
Future
Debts
" Without humility there can be no humanity. "
Humanity
Without
Humility
" You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. "
Think
You
Touch
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