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To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, an they who...
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Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end...
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than...
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There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you’re busy...
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Life’s simplest things are love, and kindly friends, Nature’s sweet charm of earth and...
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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to...
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Instant gratification takes too long.
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An exile’s life is no life.
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There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that...
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one...