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Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept,...
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Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #15137
Close scrutiny will show that most “crisis situations” are opportunities to either advance, or...
Quote #19904
You can talk to a fade but a hook won’t listen.
Quote #1527
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no ‘y’ in...
Quote #3237
The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum.
Quote #2648
Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
Quote #957
The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes...
Quote #6930
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....