Quote #6063
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject...
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Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will...
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Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious....
Quote #21400
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and...
Quote #14716
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
Quote #14063
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
Quote #24353
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...
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A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet...
Quote #29382
This great misfortune – to be incapable of solitude.
Quote #11668
Perserverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.