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Our sea walled garden the whole land Is full of weeds her fairest flowers choked up

"Our sea-walled garden, the whole land, Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up, Her fruit-trees all unpruned, her hedges ruined, Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs Swarming with caterpillars."

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You must work and do good not be lazy and gamble

"You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.... I can't understand people who don't like work ..."

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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea

"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."

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Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone

"Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood."

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You are looking sir at a very dull survivor of a very gaudy life

"You're looking, sir, at a very dull survivor of a very gaudy life. Crippled, paralyzed in both legs. Very little I can eat, and my sleep is so near waking that it's hardly worth the name. I seem to exist largely on heat, like a newborn spider."

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