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A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His...
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Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon...
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which...
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Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
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“Know thyself,” said the old philosopher, “improve thyself,” saith the new. Our great object...
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has...
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To fight fear, act. To increase fear–wait, put off postpone.
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There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is...
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.