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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and...
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a...
Quote #14798
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
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There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds...
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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable...
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No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs...
Quote #3143
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it...
Quote #28388
If you’re an ant, and you’re walking along across the top of a cup...
Quote #11636
The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more...