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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of...
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Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest...
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Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants.
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But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system,...
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We look before and after, And pine for what is not Our sincerest laughter...
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We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . ....
Quote #13385
There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel.