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Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious....
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The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention – invention, in my opinion,...
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Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor but even supposing knowledge to be...
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Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly...
Quote #9725
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
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Anything is possible, but only a few things actually happen.
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When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of...
Quote #12383
All we ask is to be let alone.
Quote #1980
History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind...