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If your treat an individual … as if he were what he ought to...
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Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library...
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being...
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage...
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I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use...
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Luck is the residue of design.
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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.