Quote #14270
Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds upon the heel that crushes it.
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without...
Quote #27161
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
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Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It...
Quote #15764
To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.
Quote #23419
Words are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are...
Quote #24224
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
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It’s not the burdens of everyday that drive men mad. It is the regret...
Quote #7994
The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise...