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Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations...
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If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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You never conquer a mountain. Mountains can’t be conquered you conquer yourself–your hopes, your...
Quote #10577
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a...
Quote #10149
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Quote #19909
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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The statesman’s duty is to bridge the gap between his nation’s experience and his...
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Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,...
Quote #6296
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to...