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Abigail Adams1 quote
In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams · 1776J.R.R. Tolkien1 quote
Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1 quote
One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
where one is going. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1812Mary Kelly1 quote
As far as "detours" are concerned, they're always more interesting than the main road. — Mary Kelly · 1997Sarah Sze1 quote
The idea of knowing exactly where you're going is overrated. — Sarah Sze · 2012Steve Jobs1 quote
Stay hungry, stay foolish. — Steve Jobs · 1974T.S. Eliot1 quote
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. — T.S. Eliot · 1942