"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled" — Plutarch

Memory is the diary that we all carry around with us

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

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