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Idealism is what precedes experience cynicism is what follows.
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It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.
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The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but...
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If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery....
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There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it...
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True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings Kings it makes gods, and...
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First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost,...
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Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency...
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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than...
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Being a man, ne’er ask the gods for a life set free from grief,...