Quote #3817
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
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Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find...
Quote #9998
Propose to any englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will...
Quote #20458
No one is so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Quote #21730
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure-that is all...
Quote #26288
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the...
Quote #19600
To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession...
Quote #27015
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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Great men of action … never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense...
Quote #3998
We can always take but never give.