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Well behaved women seldom make history.
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Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd.
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Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an...
Quote #3432
…the fog is rising.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value...
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she...
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Filling a bookcase is like gathering a social circle.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the...
Quote #10447
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world;...