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Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits...
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“Know thyself,” said the old philosopher, “improve thyself,” saith the new. Our great object...
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People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves...
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The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase...
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Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.
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Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest...
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In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.
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In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is...
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Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It...
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A cold needs the cook as much as the doctor.