"Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion" — Joseph Addison

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

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

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth

Source: Letter to James Madison (Mar. 2, 1788)

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence

Source: Letter to Major General Stirling (Mar. 5, 1780)

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

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud

Source: The Spectator, no. 225 (1711)

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