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Wrongs have to be redressed by reason, not by force.

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T. H. White
Age: 57 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 29
Died: 1964
Died: January 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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Bombay
Terence Hanbury White
T. H. White
Tim White
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It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.
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If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there
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The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child that had been beaten.
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You run a grave risk, my boy, said the magician, of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted.
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Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.
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He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to leap along in their wake, jumping at meanings, guessing, clutching at known words, and chuckling at complicated jokes as they suddenly dawned. He had the glee of the porpoise then, pouring and leaping through strange seas.
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Cavall came simply, and gave him his heart and soul.
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Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can't neglect it. You can't cut it out but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad.
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In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight.
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I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
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Kings can only use their best tools.
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The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats.
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We cannot build the future by avenging the past.
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She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.
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If there is one thing I can't stand, it is stupidity. I always say that stupidity is the Sin against the Holy Ghost.
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The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.
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The destiny of man is an individualistic destiny.
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Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.
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The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.
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