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I know a mother-in-law who sleeps with her glasses on, the better to see...
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Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
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If none of us ever read a book that was ‘dangerous,’ had a friend...
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Puritanism The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they...
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know...
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
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It is a curious thing… that every creed promises a paradise which will be...
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No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another...
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It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being...