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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without anyother reason but because they...
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I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels,...
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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, — a mere heart...
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He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
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“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die...
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The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a...
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I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he...
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My loathings are simple stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
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On the touchstone of misfortune a man discovers the strength of understanding and of...