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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
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Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise...
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Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
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We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only...
Quote #22302
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that...
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A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture...
Quote #27878
Love builds highways out of dead ends.
Quote #33702
The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.