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Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but...
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We hate the very idea that our own ideas may be mistaken, so we...
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The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it...
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He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.
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A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself...
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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Quote #20090
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs...
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Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
Quote #2692
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...