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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are...
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History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
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Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act...
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The world is full of fools and he who would not wish to see...
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No one ever understood disaster until it came.
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‘Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. — last...
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Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true,...
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It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since...
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The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct,...
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Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye...