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Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating...
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Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge...
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Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.
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‘T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content,...
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For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court...
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things one which uses, another...
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You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably...
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Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library...
Quote #8662
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in...
Quote #8657
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning....