Quote #28590
Genius is nothing but continued attention.
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I pay very little regard…to what any young person says on the subject of...
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Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the...
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The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.
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The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares...
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When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others...
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
Quote #32989
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Quote #6027
Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.
Quote #14910
Enthusiasm is very good lubrication for the mind.