Quote #25844
To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is...
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The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only...
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue he approaches nearest to...
Quote #13569
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.
Quote #30301
We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God,...
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A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel...
Quote #21045
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have...
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The ingenuity of the device blinds us to its utter uselessness.
Quote #21003
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Quote #17713
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a...