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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which...
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Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are...
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To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind...
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who...
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Open your mouth and purse cautiously; and your stock of wealth and reputation shall,...
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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if...
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but...