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Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he...
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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.
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A little wonton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.
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A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What...
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then...
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The only difference between a rut and a grave… is in their dimensions.
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After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than...
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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the...
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it...
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself,...