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A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for...
Quote #16313
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Quote #8743
I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
Quote #20219
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or...
Quote #4671
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that...
Quote #12378
To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the...
Quote #29764
Most of us would like to be smarter than we are, stronger than we...
Quote #17004
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
Quote #25455
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.