Quote #2931
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the...
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised...
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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once...
Quote #16315
No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory, no glory...
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There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than...
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From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals...
Quote #5838
For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much...
Quote #8844
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
Quote #21154
Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
Quote #9207
Life … would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we....