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Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason 


Oliver Burkeman

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PLATO To stand on the
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OLIVER CROMWELL This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
OLIVER WENDELL The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I re...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has no...
PETER OLIVER Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommod...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH