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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he...
Quote #5990
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck — but, most of...
Quote #841
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Quote #3113
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich...
Quote #4617
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Quote #31539
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great...
Quote #25161
Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there...
Quote #5625
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the...