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Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and...
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Quote #12951
Every answer asks a more beautiful question
Quote #13314
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears...
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A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for...
Quote #6967
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Quote #21811
The idea that ‘the public interest’ supersedes private interests and rights can have but...