Henry Kett quotes
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“At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to explore her secret recesses, she - fails not to reward him with the purest gratifications of the mind, because at every step he takes, new instances of beauty, variety, and perfection are unfolded to his view.”
-- Henry KettSource : "Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science".
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“Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate.”
-- Henry Kett
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“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
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“My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.”
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