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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired...
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Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave...
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Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth … Truth-telling, I have...
Quote #856
Everyone complains of his memory, none of his judgment.
Quote #12005
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
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The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self,...
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m patriotic enough. Yes, I want to kill people, but...
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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home but, unlike charity, it should end there.
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Mediocrity can talk but it is for genius to observe.
Quote #7676
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.