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Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon.N.B. Vigny refers...
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The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it...
Quote #30518
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The...
Quote #9375
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
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To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and...
Quote #14716
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to...
Quote #27902
If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed...
Quote #2238
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not...