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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say,...
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take...
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...
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Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake...
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more...
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Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess...
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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second,...
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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will...