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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be...
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals that they live in...
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have...
Quote #23062
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where...
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The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win....
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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the...
Quote #33028
Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.
Quote #21356
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even dread all notions with which...
Quote #9276
I did it partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall...