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A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have.
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I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built....
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The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest...
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An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend...
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There is more to life than increasing its speed
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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
Quote #7764
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles…respect for human life, the punishment...
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Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God...
Quote #14311
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called...