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True greatness comes not when things go always good for you; but true greatness...
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without...
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
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I repeat…that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise...
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The love of nature is consolation against failure.
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to...
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The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Quote #25730
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.