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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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10.11.02

"He that reads and grows no wiser
seldom suspects his own deficiency,
but complains of hard words
and obscure sentences,

and asks why books are written
which cannot be understood."
--Samuel Johnson, The Idler

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