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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge...
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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these...
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Accent is the soul of language it gives to it both feeling and truth.
Quote #21360
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
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A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of...
Quote #28701
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer...
Quote #8936
The only joy in the world is to begin.
Quote #19093
The shades of night were falling fast,As though an Alpine village passedA youth, who...
Quote #9025
Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings,...