Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth. - Benjamin Franklin

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Sometimes I feel that a more rational explanation for all that has happened during my lifetime is that I am still only thirteen years old, reading Jules Verne or H. G. Wells, and have fallen asleep.

Benjamin Franklin

Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.

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Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

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