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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Adventure must be held in delicate fingers. It should be handled, not embraced. It...
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Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be...
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The pleasure of the senses is always regulated in accordance with the imagination. Man...
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Most religions do not make men better, only warier.
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Accidents, try to change them — it’s impossible. The accidental reveals man.
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people...
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He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be...
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Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it...