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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.
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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
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If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
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I loved all the world's mythologies.
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...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.
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Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.
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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
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She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.
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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.
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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
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Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
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