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Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from...
Quote #9481
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...
Quote #7920
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.
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When I was a child, there were times when we had to entertain ourselves....
Quote #15926
Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant...
Quote #9682
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Quote #1249
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Quote #2257
When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam I looked into...
Quote #7967
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Quote #10301
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices...