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Maybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn’t perfection but progress.
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Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs...
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The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
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He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for...
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It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others–and less trouble....
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The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar...
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay...
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I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness...
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get...
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God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running...