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There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem,...
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To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure,...
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Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is...
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Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell...
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who...
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He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle...
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I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of...
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I conceive the essential task of religion to be “to develop the consciences, the...
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Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint....