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Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces obstinacy, it sharpens the sense of...
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There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their...
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Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library...
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The best remedy for anger is delay.
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Cervantes smiled Spain’s chivalry away A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his...
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I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.
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I have often thought morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making...
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Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he...
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Richard Nixon lied to gain love, to shore up his grandiose fantasies, to bolster...
Quote #5979
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness...