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‘Bury me on my face,’ said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he...
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Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense...
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Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do;...
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There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that...
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There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and...
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Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to...
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Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with...
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose — a...
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A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because...
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The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from...