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One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a...
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The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely...
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‘Bury me on my face,’ said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he...
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Progress always involves risk you can’t steal second base and keep your foot on...
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for...
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature,...
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Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it....
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and...
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Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed...
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.