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There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so...
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That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of...
Quote #12472
It used to take courage–indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence–to leave...
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The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and...
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That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can...
Quote #19961
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.
Quote #7541
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is...
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I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother...
Quote #20114
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.