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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation...
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears...
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Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a...
Quote #32654
History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.
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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread,...
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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with...
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to...
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What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for...
Quote #21428
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Quote #1951
The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but...