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Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality the...
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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Yet after brick and steel and stone are gone, and flesh and blood are...
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Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger,...
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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
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It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles the less they have...
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The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible...
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to...
Quote #16091
A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to...