Quote #27977
The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the...
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Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be...
Quote #16111
A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
Quote #13940
Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.
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We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for...
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I cannot live without books.
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of...
Quote #10721
Every time you are not practicing someone else is.
Quote #21545
I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look...