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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
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Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward...
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The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time...
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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
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When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole...
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Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an...
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It’s not the burdens of everyday that drive men mad. It is the regret...
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To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of...