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Magical Britain: 650 Enchanted and Mystical Sites - From healing wells and secret shrines to giants’ strongholds and fairy glens

by Rob Wildwood

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May 15, 2023 03:40PM

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The Hengest and Horsa Trilogy Box Set: The Complete Saga, Books 1 - 3

by Chris Thorndycroft (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 22, 2023 10:14AM

“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
― Walter H. Cottingham

tags: ambition, intelligence, misattributed-salvador-dali, paraphrased

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“Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

tags: consideration, selfishness

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“Karma is a tricky thing. To serve Karma, one must repay good Karma to others. To serve Karma well, one must sometimes deliver bad Karma where it is due.”
― M.R. Mathias

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