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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without...
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these...
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought...
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Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart.
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The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous...
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I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the...
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He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more...
Quote #11723
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is...