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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their...
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A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you...
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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There...
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A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his...
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To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the...
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only...
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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I can sympathise with people’s pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something...
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It was the same with those old birds in Greece and Rome as it...
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Johnny couldn’t read … for the simple reason that nobody ever showed him how.