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Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the...
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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There...
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that...
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Getting ideas is like shaving if you don’t do it every day, you’re a...
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home-...
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A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has...
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Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave...
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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest...