America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
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A life which does not go into action is a failure.
Permalink to quote #6 Angkor is not orchestral; it is monumental. It is an epic poem which makes its effect, like the Odyssey and like Paradise Lost, by the grandeur of its structur…
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