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Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
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Never lend books – nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in...
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Not many can admit their fears, but those who can lead a fulfilling life...
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A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet....
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I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. ‘That was...
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to...
Quote #24048
There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.
Quote #28730
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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All confidence which is not absolute and entire, is dangerous. There are few occasions...
Quote #13296
Truth is so obscure in these times and falsehood so established that unless one...