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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character...
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The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or...
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a...
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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all...
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Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does...
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Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities,...
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A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.
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Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. – Notebook, 1898
Quote #23609
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do...