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One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his...
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Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
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If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having...
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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that...
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There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they...
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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that...
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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won’t...
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There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t...
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The way to procure insults is to submit to them a man meets with...