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My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches...
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He is the better equipped for life. As for swimming, who has the less...
Quote #8709
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.
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L’amour vient de l’aveuglement, l’amitie de la connaissance. (Love comes from blindness, friendship from...
Quote #1001
Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open.
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The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed...
Quote #16584
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
Quote #9316
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical...
Quote #16983
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as...
Quote #9029
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what...