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“Know thyself,” said the old philosopher, “improve thyself,” saith the new. Our great object...
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Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
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If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called...
Quote #8243
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.
Quote #23517
Two dangers constantly threaten the world order and disorder.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few and let those few be well...
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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The skull lay tilted in such a manner that it stared, sightless, up at...
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I’m perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn’t abbreviate anything except...
Quote #1610
We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.