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One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of...
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In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life,...
Quote #12778
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Quote #13574
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Quote #10629
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is...
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Pathos, piety, courage, ? they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything...
Quote #10603
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
Quote #31190
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however...
Quote #7191
No important institution is ever merely what the law makes it. It accumulates about...
Quote #34674
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.