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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
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Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn’t changed who I...
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Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you...
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A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People...
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to...
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If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist...
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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather...
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To compare is not to improve.
Quote #8823
Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.