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The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.
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Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...
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Politicians are the same all over. they promise to build a bridge even where...
Quote #5987
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a...
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of...
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One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to...
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No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on...
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Give not over thy soul to sorrow and afflict not thyself in thy own...