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Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything for there is no man...
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An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. (On Watergate, announcing...
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A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and...
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To become oneself, with all one’s strength. Difficult. A bomb, a speech, a rifle...
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
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It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.