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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express...
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning,...
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This is the start, this is not the end. To that end, where do...
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Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to...
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Every man’s life lies within the present for the past is spent and done...
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can...
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My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty aid does away with it once and for all....
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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she...
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Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be...