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Shoulders are from God and burdens, too.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) Polish-American writer, Nobel laureate (b. Icek-Hersz Zynger)
“Gimpel the Fool” (1953) [tr. Bellow (1953)]
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“I know, up on the top
You are seeing great sights,
But down here at the bottom
We, too, should have rights.”

Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) American author, illustrator [pseud. of Theodore Geisel]
“Yertle the Turtle” (1958)

The vaster the power gained, the vaster the appetite for more.

Ursula K. LeGuin (b. 1929) American writer
The Lathe of Heaven, ch. 9 (1971)

To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.

Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) Spanish philosopher and writer [Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo]
The Tragic Sense of Life [Del Sentimiento Trágico de la Vida], ch. 5 “The Rationalist Dissolution” (1913) [tr. Flitch (1921)]
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In the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons.

Henry James (1843-1916) American writer
“Essays in Criticism by Matthew Arnold,” North American Review (Jul 1865)