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History is the discovering of the constant and universal principles of human nature.
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A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in...
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly...
Quote #3040
Etymology, n.: Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for...
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The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond...
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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few...
Quote #17466
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
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To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it...
Quote #18329
Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in the bath and she’d...