Quote #13482
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows...
Quote #1143
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but...
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I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one’s own bat...
Quote #2455
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Quote #32946
We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our...
Quote #28705
To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences...
Quote #21280
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning...
Quote #28416
It’s easy to sit and scoff at an old man’s folly. But also, check...