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Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing...
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The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s...
Quote #17281
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...
Quote #2574
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – gunpowder...
Quote #11847
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of...
Quote #15043
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines, Going where...
Quote #3872
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess...
Quote #2973
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the last...