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Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other;...
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It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to...
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We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms...
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A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the...
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You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life...
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My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author...
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In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict...
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
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You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good...
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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.