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The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it not having it, to...
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He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount...
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Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of...
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For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.
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Age does not make us childish, as some say it only finds us true...
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that...
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We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the...
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Praise youth and it will prosper.
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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.