The inert mind is a greater danger than the inert body, for it overlays and stifles the desire to live. — Robertson Davies
The inert mind is a greater danger than the inert body, for it overlays and stifles the desire to live.
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A Library goes on as far as thought can reach.
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"Eh? Isn't this the Odeon?"
I decide to give a Burtonian answer.
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