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That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
Lloyd Alexander
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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
Enchantment
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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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You have a point, said Fronto, and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
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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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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.
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If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
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The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.
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You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.
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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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Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.
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