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1. "Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it." ~ James Stephens

2. "A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind." ~ James Stephens

3. "The toxin generates the anti-toxin. The end lies concealed in the beginning. All bodies grow around a skeleton. Life is a petticoat about death." ~ James Stephens

4. "Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will." ~ James Stephens

5. "A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust." ~ James Stephens

6. "Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it." ~ James Stephens

7. "You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive." ~ James Stephens

8. "A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find." ~ James Stephens

9. "Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen." ~ James Stephens

10. "Originalitatea nu consta în a spune ce nu a mai spus nimeni, ci în a spune exact ceea ce gânde?ti tu însu?i." ~ James Stephens

11. "We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell." ~ James Stephens

12. "Fionn went [...] to carve a name for himself that will live while Time has an ear and knows an Irishman" ~ James Stephens

13. "After a lie truth bursts out, and it is no longer the radiant and serene goddess knew or hoped for—it is a disease, it is a moral syphilis and will ravage until the body in which it can dwell has been purged." ~ James Stephens

14. "Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory" ~ James Stephens

15. "It has occurred to me, brother, that wisdom may not be the end to everything. Goodness and kindness are, perhaps, beyond wisdom. Is it not possible that the ultimate end is music and gaiety and a dance of joy? Wisdom is the oldest of all things. Wisdom is all head and no heart.Behold, brother, you are being crushed under the weight of your head. You are dying of old age while you are yet a child." ~ James Stephens

16. "Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself." ~ James Stephens

17. "Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera." ~ James Stephens

18. "What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow." ~ James Stephens

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