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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain...
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Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not...
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It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the...
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Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good...
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The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration, from the cautious quest for...
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I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish...
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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides....
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I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
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Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those...
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Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like...