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To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind...
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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Power may be justly compared to a great river while kept within its bounds...
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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
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Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate,...
Quote #1978
Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself.
Quote #4728
If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.
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Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. …The...
Quote #24568
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable...
Quote #10361
In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for...