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My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
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There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that...
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Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
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We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.
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Our children seem to have wonderful taste, or none – depending, of course, on...
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend...
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A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is...
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He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is...
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives...
Quote #6077
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to...