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“Sweet is the lore which Nature brings.”
Nature is presented as a source of knowledge that can complement formal study by training attention and receptiveness.
Source note: The Tables Turned; the line follows Wordsworth’s claim that a vernal wood can teach moral insight.
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“In all you speak, let truth and candor shine.”
Pope treats candor as part of good judgment: accurate criticism should also be spoken with integrity and fairness.
Source note: An Essay on Criticism, in the section describing the moral duties of a critic.
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“You give but little when you give of your possessions.”
Possessions can be given without much personal cost; Gibran prepares the contrast with giving one’s own time and presence.
Source note: The Prophet, “On Giving.”
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“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”
Voice: Dialogue speaker · Socrates
Aesthetic excellence is linked with order and simplicity rather than decorative complexity for its own sake.
Source note: The Republic, Book III, Jowett translation; the passage connects musical and literary form with simplicity of character.
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“My mother gave it to me; and when you read it try to believe that neither of your mothers will ever forget you.”
Voice: Fictional character · Jo Bhaer
A book passed from one mother to another generation becomes a symbol of continuing care, linking memory, reading and the idea of maternal presence across absence.
Source note: Jo's Boys, Chapter 4, Project Gutenberg #3499. Mrs Jo gives Dan a book that came from her own mother and speaks of both maternal bonds.
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“Lie not one to another.”
The short instruction makes honesty a basic requirement of life with other people.
Source note: Colossians 3:9 in the King James Version; the opening command is quoted here.