Quote #6747
…the safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we...
Quote #11731
Most of today’s books have an air of having been written in one day...
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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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The great masses of the people… will more easily fall victims to a great...
Quote #9654
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as...
Quote #5069
I swear to the LordI still can’t seeWhy Democracy meansEverybody but me.
Quote #5782
…for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that...
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Hope is the poor man’s bread.
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I used to think that the Civil War was our country’s greatest tragedy, but...
Quote #19746
Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough...