Quote #1140
The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify...
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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...
Quote #14701
It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars.
Quote #21388
If I had my life to live over… I’d dare to make more mistakes...
Quote #17977
Platitudes Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Quote #1979
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
Quote #1267
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to...
Quote #7073
Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the...
Quote #2097
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.