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A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are...
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to...
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created...
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well It were done quickly.
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On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into...
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time...