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I have not slept one wink.
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Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence...
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and...
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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
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A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of...
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
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A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought...
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [In regione caecorum...