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‘Let thine occupations be few,’ saith the sage, ‘if thou wouldst lead a tranquil...
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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive...
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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift...
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He is as mad as a March hare.
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The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of...
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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.
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An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who...
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Hope is the denial of reality.
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The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if...
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Silence is a text easy to misread.