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Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion,...
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Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it,...
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I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a...
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Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of...
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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I love my country too much to be a nationalist.
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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what...
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the...
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Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
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All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent...