Quote #2189
A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
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Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person...
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry,...
Quote #7508
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.
Quote #17729
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
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Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of...
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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From...
Quote #19676
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness...
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that...
Quote #30379
Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand...