“Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, / And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire, / Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, / So late emerged from, shall so soon expire.” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A woman especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Northanger Abbey
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