Quote #19958
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest...
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Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
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I cannot believe that the purpose of life is (merely) to be happy. I...
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating...
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He was as fresh as is the month of May.
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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for...
Quote #17854
Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.
Quote #8310
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
Quote #8576
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the...