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“Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt by unjust deeds, But with rapt admiration contemplates Immortal Nature's ageless harmony, And how and when the order came to be.”

Knows Men Earth Order Hurt Secret He Man Harmony Fellows Environmental Deeds Immortal Admiration Contemplating Unjust Ageless

Author:Euripides

“Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. The world, you realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow hikers know. Planetary scale is your little secret.”

“Nobody near me here, but rats, and they are fine stealthy secret fellows.”

Secret Fine Fellows Rats Spooky

Book:The Old Curiosity Shop

Source: The Old Curiosity Shop

“In walking through the world there is a choice for a man to make. He can choose the fair and open path, the path which sound ethics, sound democracy, and the common law prescribe, or choose the secret way by which he can get the better of his fellow man.”

Men World Way Law Choices Evil Sound Common Secret Democracy Path Walking Ethics Fairs Fellows Good And Evil Fellow Man Common Law

Book:All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography

Source: All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography

“Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind of imprisonment we can inflict on fellow humans, and if you are forced to keep silent about some dark secret, you live in solitary confinement. Without the bridge of communication connecting you to other human beings, you can’t share your burdens, can’t receive comfort, can’t confirm that you still belong. Silence is the abyss that separates you from hope.”

“Some of my father's fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, "I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any." We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.”

Wells Said Father Secret Advice Fellows West Pointers

Author:Gore Vidal

“The great secret of happiness in love is to be glad that the other fellow married her.”

Love Is Secret Married Fellows Glad

Author:H. L. Mencken

“The ideal audience the poet imagines consists of the beautiful who go to bed with him, the powerful who invite him to dinner and tell him secrets of state, and his fellow-poets. The actual audience he gets consists of myopic schoolteachers, pimply young men who eat in cafeterias, and his fellow-poets. This means, in fact, he writes for his fellow-poets.”

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Author:W. H. Auden