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A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to...
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on...
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Self-loving is not so vile a sin, my liege, as self-neglecting.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes...
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If being wealthy is taken to mean having the means to satisfy one’s every...
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A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
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Adventure must be held in delicate fingers. It should be handled, not embraced. It...
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Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has...
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.