“Taxonomy is described sometimes as a science and sometimes as an art, but really it’s a battleground.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
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― The Alienist
― The Alienist
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― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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