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Etymology, n.: Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for...
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a...
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The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little...
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Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes...
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Conscience is the voice of the soul.
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Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues. (“Puppies and pigs have a very different smell.”)
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American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only...
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Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless–like water. Now you put water into a cup,...
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything
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I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped...