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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of...
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It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought. Each subsiding century...
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“Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on...
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Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.
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Reading transports me. I can go anywhere and never leave my chair. It lets...
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad and...
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown...
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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the...
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Never esteem anything as an advantage to you that will make you break your...