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Poorly written novels–no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters–are not...
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There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think...
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Cruelty is like hope: it springs eternal.
Quote #17080
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control...
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From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of...
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Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards...
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We must as second best…take the least of the evils.
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no...
Quote #24926
By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
Quote #17735
Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment...