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Wednesday, May 07, 2003

�Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.�
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893 � 1930), Russian poet, dramatist and artist: quoted in �The Guardian� (London), 1974.

�It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can�t fly away.�
- Anthony Trollope (1815 � 1882), English writer, traveler and post office official: �The Last Chronicle of Barset�, 1867.

�The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.�
- G. K. Chesterton (1874 � 1936), English writer, poet and critic: �Orothodoxy�, 1908.

�The Manner whereby the Soul and Body are united, and how they are distinguished, is wholly unaccountable to us. We see but one Part, and yet we know we consist of two; and this is a Mystery we cannot comprehend any more than that of the Trinity.�
- Jonathan Swift (1667 � 1745), Irish satirist, poet, essayist and cleric: �On the Trinity�


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