It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
Samuel Johnson
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Maya Angelou
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.