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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower...
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With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to...
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People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed....
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Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. (You may drive nature out with a pitchfork,...
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to...
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Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best...
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All art is quite useless.
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I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself...
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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a...
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Misanthropes need people without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art.