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To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a...
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned...
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All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health,...
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If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when...
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Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment...
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The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or...
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Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the...
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Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is...
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
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Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the...