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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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27.11.02

From his prison cell in the Tower of London, a Frenchman named Charles, Duke of Orleans, on Feb. 14, 1415, sent his wife a rhyming letter. History records it as the world's first Valentine.

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