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The absence of war is not peace.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased...
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Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the...
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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room...
Quote #30987
If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup.
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In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that...
Quote #8807
…For the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities...