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What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
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I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by...
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to...
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We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God,...
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national...
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it...
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A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of...
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It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast...
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be...
Quote #7322
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.