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An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who...
Quote #4358
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Quote #6198
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for...
Quote #22820
What is an epigram A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
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Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it...
Quote #22269
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Quote #15791
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him...
Quote #11040
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
Quote #31491
The worst sin – perhaps the only sin – passion can commit, is to...
Quote #30234
Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant...