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The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it,...
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
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The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath...
Quote #7216
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to...
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I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected...
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All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe...
Quote #30907
Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits.
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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any...
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We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once...
Quote #7064
We must conquer war, or war will conquer us.