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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
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If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary...
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I...
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I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
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Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of...
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Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences.
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The nature of men and women – their essential nature – is so vile...
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To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you’re putting a...
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Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing...
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....