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Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance,...
Quote #15668
The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
Quote #7594
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people...
Quote #9900
How we treasure (and admire) the people who acknowledge us!
Quote #33768
The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the...
Quote #29182
You don’t seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in...
Quote #25336
An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
Quote #8585
A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors...
Quote #9380
If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.
Quote #23620
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that...