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History never looks like history when you are living through it.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is...
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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his...
Quote #10055
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and...
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first...
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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
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The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be...
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A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke and that the...
Quote #27632
The historian must have some conceptions of how men who are not historians behave.
Quote #25232
The price one pays for pursuing a profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge...