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One’s first step in wisdom is to question everything – and one’s last is...
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I would rather make my name than inherit it.
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If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.
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If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it...
Quote #19877
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it...
Quote #15775
All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an...
Quote #2858
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is...
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our...
Quote #19730
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Quote #33168
To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...