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“Know thyself,” said the old philosopher, “improve thyself,” saith the new. Our great object...
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Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no...
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because...
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…it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of...
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The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
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When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language...
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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary...
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Innumerable voices have been asserting for some time now that human society is passing...
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When I feel bad, I work. When I have problems, when I’m depressed, when...
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Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.