Quote #29373
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
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Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a...
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I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say...
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity,...
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So as this only point among the rest remaineth sure and certain, namely, that...
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Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence,...
Quote #17725
The great tragedy of science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an...
Quote #20081
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
Quote #16316
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
Quote #10036
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those...