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#3528. The law respects form less than substance.
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The stars incline, but do not impel.
Quote #21336
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
Quote #21227
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Quote #5448
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.
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I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they,...
Quote #18287
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can...
Quote #19087
The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we...
Quote #11798
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate,...
Quote #25729
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike-and I don’t...