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Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.
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A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t...
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is...
Quote #13949
Since when was genius found respectable?
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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I don’t believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in...
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When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the...
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Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age,...
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Hold a book in your hand and you’re a pilgrim at the gates of...