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Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted...
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The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
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Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating...
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It is books that are a key to the wide world if you can’t...
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Its embarrassing, you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on a...
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The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in...
Quote #32621
Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.
Quote #19276
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
Quote #17441
Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.