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It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get...
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It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely...
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The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery...
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People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as...
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Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men...
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Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
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When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one...
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No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered...
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you...
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With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to...