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The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are...
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Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I...
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Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manefestation of nature...
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The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little...
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It is books that are a key to the wide world if you can’t...
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We ought not to judge of men’s merits by their qualifications, but by the...
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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and...
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Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly...
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Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. (Indeed, wretched the man whose fame...
Quote #9677
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.